INDICATOR NAME
Name
7-day post-hospital discharge follow-up for selected conditions – CHCs
Alternate Name
7-day post-hospital discharge follow-up for selected conditions – CHCs
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
Percentage of patients who have had
a 7-day post-hospital discharge
follow-up by a primary care provider
(physician or nurse practitioner) for
the following conditions: pneumonia,
diabetes, stroke, gastrointestinal
disease, congestive heart failure,
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, and cardiac conditions.
HQO Reporting tool/product
Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)
Dimension
Efficient
Type
Process
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided by the denominator times 100.
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Number of hospital discharges where
the patient was seen by a primary
care provider (physician or nurse
practitioner) within 7 days of
discharge for the following conditions:
pneumonia, diabetes, stroke,
gastrointestinal disease, congestive
heart failure, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, and cardiac
conditions.
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Number of acute care discharges for
an episode of care in which one of the
mentioned conditions is recorded in
the first hospitalization of the episode
within each fiscal year (minus 30 days
for follow-up).
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized
None
Data Source
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
Data provided to HQO by
Local data collection
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Comments Summary
This is a priority indicator for QIP 2020/21.
The reporting period is April 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
For the 2020/21 QIPs, data will be provided by the Community Health Centre Practice Profiles through the Alliance for Healthier Communities (AHC) (72/73 CHCs).
TAGS
Sector
Primary Care
Type
Process
Topic
Other
Dimension
Efficient
Source
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
20/12/2019 15:29:00