Fractures
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of residents who experience at least one fracture.
Numerator
Number of residents with an emergency department presentation or hospitalisation for fracture, or secondary diagnosis where onset is not during the hospitalisation, the external cause of the hospitalisation is fall, treatment for which Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) paid for, and deaths from fractures.
Denominator
Number of residents.
Exclusions
Inpatient falls (onset in hospital).
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, number of health conditions, dementia, osteoporosis medication dispensing.
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Claims based data. (Hospitalisation data (unplanned admissions and emergency department presentations).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Published publicly annually at national level. Individualised home care provider specific reports with benchmarks provided privately (to providers with more than 20 recipients ) for South Australia only annually.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Inacio M, et al. The Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) Outcome Monitoring System: Quality and Safety Indicators for Aged Care. International Journal of Quality in Health Care. 2020, 32(8):502-510.