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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Deaths in hospital
Alternate Name
Deaths in hospital
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
The proportion of decedents that died in a hospital setting (defined as acute or psychiatric care institution, emergency department, inpatient rehab or complex continuing care
Indicator Status
Active
HQO Reporting tool/product
Ontario Health Teams: Quality
Dimension
Patient-centred
Type
Outcome
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
N/A
Numerator including inclusion/exclusion
The number of decedents with a death recorded in DAD (discharge_disposition = 07, 66, 67, 72 ,73, 74), NACRS
(visit_disposition = 10, 11, 72, 73, 74, 71), OMHRS (discharge_reason = 2 or 3), NRS (discharge_reason_code =
8) or CCC (discharge_to_facility_type = 11) datasets
Denominator including inclusion/exclusion
The number of OHT attributed patients that died in the reporting period
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed
Standardization
Data Source
Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
Data on each decedent’s preferred place of death is not available A lower value (%) is desirable for this indicator
 
TAGS
Sector
Ontario Health Team
Type
Outcome
Topic
End-of-life / Palliative
Dimension
Patient-centred
Source
Continuing Care Reporting System (CCRS), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), OHTAM (Ontario Health Teams Attribution Model), Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
 
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Publish Datetime
10/03/2022 13:39:00