Number of Outpatient Visits by Elderly Under the Universal Coverage Scheme

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Thailand
Publishing Organisation
National Health Security Office Annual Report 2021
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning

Defining Attributes

Definition

Number of outpatient visits by elderly of 60-69 years and 70 years and above

Numerator

Number of outpatient visits by elderly of 60-69 years and 70 years and above

Denominator

This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is elderly of 60-69 years and 70 years and above under the UC Scheme (inferred).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

60-69 years and 70 years and above

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data of Outpatient and Inpatient services, UC Scheme, Monitoring and Evaluation Cluster, NHSO from OP 43 files and OP E-claim

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Reported annually in NHSO Annual report eng.nhso.go.th/view/1/Annual_Reports/EN-US

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Technical Specifications
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