Weight Loss or Malnutrition-Related Hospitalisation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Proportion of residents with any emergency department presentation or hospitalisation, where weight loss or malnutrition were reported.
Numerator
Number of residents with a hospitalisation/emergency department presentation for/with malnutrition/weight loss diagnoses (recorded in any of the discharge diagnoses).
Denominator
Number of residents.
Exclusions
Residents with of a current diagnosis of cancer (within 6 months), or are receiving palliative care.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age, sex, number of health conditions (excluding pain).
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.