Unplanned Hospitalisation for Chronic Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indirectly standardised rate, per 100,000 population, of emergency admissions for chronic ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the respective financial year or quarter of the financial year for people of all ages
Numerator
The number of finished and unfinished admission episodes, excluding transfers, for patients with an emergency method of admission and with a primary diagnosis of a chronic ambulatory care sensitive condition
Denominator
ONS mid-year population estimates
Exclusions
Transfers
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Indirectly age and gender standardised
Stratifications
Gender - male and female Age – person (by 5-year age band)
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Denominator Mid-year population estimates for England published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) annually – National Statistics. Available in June following end of reporting year. Numerator Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Admitted Patient Care (APC), provided by NHS Digital – National Statistics. Final annual and quarterly HES data are usually released in the November following the financial year-end