Asthma Hospital Admission
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
All non-maternal/non-neonatal hospital admissions with a principal diagnosis code of asthma (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-WHO diagnosis codes given) in a specified year.
Numerator
All non-maternal/non-neonatal hospital admissions with a principal diagnosis code of asthma in a specified year.
Denominator
Population count
Exclusions
Cases where the patient died in hospital during the admission. Cases resulting from a transfer from another acute care institution (transfers-in), obstetric hospitalisations - cases assigned to an obstetric DRG, e.g. from MDC 14 or specified pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium codes in any field, cases with cystic fibrosis and anomalies of the respiratory system diagnosis code in any field, and cases that are same day/day only admissions.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
By 5 year age group
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
OECD