Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 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 principal diagnosis code of Congestive Heart Failure (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-WHO diagnosis codes given) in a specified year.
Numerator
All non-maternal/non-neonatal hospital admissions with principal diagnosis code of Congestive Heart Failure (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-WHO diagnosis codes given) 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). Cases with cardiac procedure codes in any field. Obstetric hospitalisations - Cases assigned to an obstetric DRG, e.g. from MDC 14 or specified pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium codes in any field 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