Emergency-department-conditions-best-managed-elsewhere

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INDICATOR NAME

Name

Emergency department visits for conditions best managed elsewhere (Retired)

Alternate Name

Emergency department visits for conditions best managed elsewhere

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of patients or clients who visited the emergency department (ED) for conditions “best managed elsewhere"

Indicator Status

Retired

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Efficient

Type

Outcome

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

Numerator/ Denominator * 100

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Total number of rostered patients with an ED visit for a condition Best Managed Elsewhere in a given time period x 100. Conditions BME are: conjunctivitis, cystitis, otitis media, and upper respiratory infections (e.g., common cold, acute or chronic sinusitis and tonsillitis, acute pharyngitis, laryngitis or tracheitis, and others.

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

Total number of rostered patients between 1 and 74 years old in a given time period. Patients less than 1 year of age and patients older than age 74, visits with an inpatient admission, visits with CTAS I, II or III and planned emergency visits.

Data Source

Client Agency Program Data (CAPE), Corporate Provider Database (CPDB), Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)

Data provided to HQO by

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Detailed

This is a QIP additional indicator for 2016/17 and retired for QIP 2017/18 QIP Current performance: Reporting period April - March the following year Organizations with rostered patients will be able to access data on the Ministry’s Health Data Branch Web Portal. Click on ‘Primary Care’ then ‘Quality Improvement Plan’. Contact DDMSupport@ontario.ca to obtain a username and password if you do not already have one. For CHCs, AHACs and nurse practitioner-led clinics that have signed up for AOHC ICES practice profiles, please contact Jennifer Rayner at jrayner@lihc.on.ca.