Weight Loss or Malnutrition-Related Hospitalisation

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA): Residential Aged Care Outcome Monitoring System
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Weight Loss / Nutrition

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
Yes
Risk Adjustments

Age, sex, number of health conditions (excluding pain).

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Claims based data. (Hospitalisation data (unplanned admissions and emergency department presentations).

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
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
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

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.

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
12 March 2025