Accident as the Reason for Outpatient Visit to Primary Health Care Physician, Percentage of Recorded Reasons for Visits

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Finland
Publishing Organisation
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Domain
Descriptive

Defining Attributes

Definition

The indicator shows the share of outpatient visits in basic health care per all registered reasons for visits classified in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Version 10 (ICD-10), when the reason for the outpatient visit is an accident. Reason for visit S00 - T98 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Numerator

Number of outpatient visits in basic health care where reason for visit is coded from ICD-10, Reason for visit S00 - T98 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Denominator

All registered reasons for visits in basic health care classified in the ICD-10

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Location (Municipality, sub-region, region, the well-being services county, hospital district, area for the regional state administrative agency, major region, university hospital special responsibility area, Mainland Finland/Åland, whole country)

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Sotkanet

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
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
No
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
23 July 2025