Inpatient Primary Health Care, Care Days per 1000 Inhabitants
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Finland
Publishing Organisation
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Hospitalisations
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator gives the number of care days during the year for all patients who have received hospital care in primary health care per thousand inhabitants.
Numerator
Number of care days for all patients who received hospital care in primary health care
Denominator
1000 inhabitants
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Sex (male, female, combined); 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)
Collection and Reporting 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
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
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025