Timely Overall Journey (Inpatient Referral)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Queensland Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Services: Clinical Standard for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Timely overall journey (inpatient referral).

Numerator

Proportion of QH inpatient referrals to and from HHS, where the patient was referred within 3 days of discharge and participated in the initial assessment within 28 days of discharge.

Denominator

Proportion of QH inpatient referrals to and from HHS,

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Via National Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Indicator spreadsheet June 2021 but The National Cardiac Rehabilitation Measurement Taskforce is NOT collecting or collating this information. Services are required to collect and securely save their own data.

Reporting Frequency
Continuous
Reporting Frequency in Days
1
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Queensland Health. Clinical Standard for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services. In: Queensland Health, editor. Queensland, Australia 2023.

Technical Specifications

Queensland Health. Clinical Standard for Cardiac Rehabilitation Services. In: Queensland Health, editor. Queensland, Australia 2023.

Publicly available site: Queensland Health. Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry. [August 3, 2023]; Available from: clinicalexcellence.qld.gov.au/improvement-exchange/cardiac-outcomes-registry

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)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025