Percentage Assessed on Admission and Discharge With Northwick Park Dependency Score
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
National Health Service (NHS) Trust: National Clinical Audit of Specialist Rehabilitation Following Major Injury
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Efficiency
Domain
Person-Centredness Care
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients assessed on admission and discharge using the Northwick Park Dependency Score (NPDS) (inferred).
Numerator
Number of patients assessed with NPDS on admission and discharge (inferred).
Denominator
Number of patients (inferred).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
National Clinical Audit of Specialist Rehabilitation following major injury. NCASRI Project team, Lead: Turner-Stokes L. Northwick Park Hospital. London, 2019. www.kcl.ac.uk/nmpc/assets/rehab/nhs-audit-report-v9-rgb.pdf
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
UKROC (Not publically available )
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
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026