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Asthma Hospital Admission

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publishing Organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Healthcare Quality and Outcomes (HCQO) indicators - Primary Care - Avoidable Hospital Admission Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Hospitalisations

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
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

By 5 year age group

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

OECD

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

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/hcqi-primary-care.htm

Technical Specifications

www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Definitions-of-Health-Care-Quality-Outcomes.pdf

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
02 December 2025

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Date Modified 02 December 2025