The Share of Those Provided With Insufficient Nurse's Appointment Services, Percentage of Those Needing the Services, Age 75 and Over (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
Person-Centredness
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator shows the percentage of people aged 75 or over who would have needed nurse's or public health nurse's appointment services but were unable to get the services or were provided with insufficient services. Based on the question: "Do you feel you received enough of the following health care services in the previous 12 months?" The items in the battery of questions included "nurse's or public health nurse's appointment services"
Numerator
Number of responses to options '2' or '3'.
Denominator
Total number of responses excluding responses to option '1'.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Sex (male, female, combined); Age (75 years and older); Age (75+); Municipality, region, the well-being services county, hospital district, whole country
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Healthy Finland Survey (THL)
Frequency of Data Collection
Every 2 years
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
730
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Every 2 years
Reporting Frequency in Days
730
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