Hospital-readmissions-QIP - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Hospital readmissions QIP (Retired)

Alternate Name

Hospital readmissions QIP

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of home care clients who experienced an unplanned readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge from hospital.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Effective

Type

Outcome

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Percentage

Calculation Methods

The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided denominator times 100.

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Number of adult home care clients with an unplanned readmission to hospital within 30 days of hospital discharge.

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

All adult CCAC home care clients discharged from a hospital.

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Home Care Database (HCD), National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)

Data provided to HQO by

Health Shared Services Ontario (HSSO)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Summary

This is a QIP priority indicator for 2018/19 QIP current performance reporting period: July 2016 - June 2017 To access your organization's data for the reporting period, refer to Health Quality Ontario's QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February. Alternatively, you can access your organization's data for this indicator by visiting the CCAC Reporting Portal. This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.