Inpatient Primary Health Care, Patients 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 all patients who have received hospital care in primary health care during the year per thousand inhabitants. Population figures refer to mean population. The indicator covers hospital care in the public sector (municipalities, joint municipal boards and the state), as well as in private sector hospitals. It covers municipal health-centre wards led by general practitioners and GP-level inpatient care acquired by municipalities/joint municipal boards from elsewhere. Population proportions are calculated at THL based on the Population Statistics of Statistics Finland.

Numerator

Number of patients who have received hospital care in primary health care during the year

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)

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
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
23 July 2025