percentage-knee-replacements-completed-within-target

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Percentage of knee replacements completed within target time by priority level

Alternate Name

Percentage of knee replacements completed within target time by priority level

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the percentage of patients who met the access targets from when a patient and surgeon decided to proceed with knee replacement procedure (decision-to-treat) until when the actual procedure is completed. A higher percentage is better.

Indicator Status

Active

HQO Reporting tool/product

Public reporting

Dimension

Timely

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 including inclusion/exclusion

Number of patients whose knee replacement surgery wait times is within the access targets

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

All knee replacement (i.e. primary/revision, total/partial) surgeries meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria below.

Inclusions:

All closed wait list entries with procedure dates within date range;
Patient was 18 years or older on the day the procedure was completed.

Exclusions:

Procedures no longer required.
Procedures assigned as Priority 1 level.
Wait list entries identified by hospitals as data entry errors.

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

None

Data Source

Wait Time Information System (WTIS)

Data provided to HQO by

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)

Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)

Region, Time