Visits in Primary Health Care of Those Aged 75 or Over (Including Joint Emergency Department) per 1,000 per Population of the Same Age

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 represents the number of visits among clients aged 75 or over to primary health care emergency services per 1,000 people in the same age group. The indicator includes the effects indicated as urgent in the Avohilmo data collection (the urgency categories of treatment are 1 = emergency services, or V = immediate), and the visits to joined emergency services reported on in Hilmo data collection through the specialised healthcare data system to the specialised field of general medicine (98 or acute = 15Y) and where the service type is 91 (emergency).

Numerator

Number of visits by people aged 75+ to primary health care emergency services.

Denominator

Population figure divided by 1000 inhabitants.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Sex (male, female, combined); Age (75 years and older); 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

Primary health care (THL)

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