Surgical Manipulations and Minor Surgeries

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Estonia
Publishing Organisation
Family Physicians Quality System Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning

Defining Attributes

Definition

Codes for the following activities are shown in the medical invoices at least 40 times in the year under review: Excitement of superficial wounds, surgical treatment; outpatient minor surgery (opening of a superficial abscess, opening panaritium, etc.); Outpatient dressing of a burns victim; Placement of plaster cast; Taking a biopsy (except during surgery); Puncture of the organ/cavity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes; Catheterisation; Installation of a permanent catheter; Exchange of epithstostomy; Bladder flushing and drug delivery to the bladder (outpatient), diatermocoagulation, cryotherapy (procedure for one patient).

Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Estonian Health Insurance Fund

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Merilind et al. Pay for performance of Estonian family doctors and impact of different practice- and patient-related characteristics on a good outcome: A quantitative assessment

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
04 November 2025