Bad Travel Connections Hampered Access to Care, Percentage of Persons Who Used Health Services (From 2018)

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
Effectiveness
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

The indicator shows the percentage of health service users aged 20 or over who felt that bad travel connections at least sometimes hampered access to care. Based on the question: "Have the following factors interfered with you receiving treatment in the past 12 months?: - The place of care was hard to reach. The response options were: 1) always, 2) most of the time, 3) sometimes, 4) never, 5) does not apply to me or the services I have used. The examination includes the respondents choosing option 1), 2) or 3) who had used health services.

Numerator

Number of responses using 1, 2, or 3 who had used health services.

Denominator

Total number of responses.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Sex (male female, combined); The well-being services county, region, whole country

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Healthy Finland Survey

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