Diabetes 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
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning
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 diabetes. Reason for visit E11 Type 2 diabetes mellitus (adult-onset diabetes) and E10 Type 1 diabetes mellitus (juvenile diabetes).
Numerator
Number of outpatient visits in primary health care for diabetes.
Denominator
Total number of outpatient visits for any reason.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
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
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
23 July 2025
Actions
Date Modified 23 July 2025