Average Number of Hospital Re-Admissions
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Residential Aged Care
Country
Denmark
Publishing Organisation
Statistics Denmark: Social Benefits for Senior Citizens Indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
The number of hospital admissions taking place within 30 days of the last.
Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Register. The municipalities' care systems (EOJ) is used to calculate the indicators. Statistics Denmark receives data either on a monthly or yearly basis.
Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods
Publicly reported at national, region and municipality level, annually.
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/SingleFiles/kvaldeklbilag.aspx?filename=47861bef-34fc-4c2e-ad92-0516dcee8444Socialbenefitsforseniorcitizens2021 www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj1mquL0-eBAxWAxzgGHbGNDNY4ChAWegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fec.europa.eu%2Fsocial%2FBlobServlet%3FdocId%3D19844%26langId%3Den&usg=AOvVaw1sprgEiqbdVSCuThQd903&opi=89978449
Technical Specifications
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
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Date Modified 12 March 2025