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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