Rate-emergency-department-visits-deliberate-self-harm-EN

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Rate of emergency department visits for deliberate self-harm

Alternate Name

Rate of emergency department visits for deliberate self-harm

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Number of emergency department visits for deliberate self harm (includes nonfatal self-poisoning or -injury) per 10,000 population 10 years of age and older

HQO Reporting tool/product

Ontario Health Teams: Quality

Dimension

Patient-centred

Type

Outcome

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Rate

Calculation Methods

N/A

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

Total number of ED visits for deliberate self-harm (Secondary diagnosis fields = X60–X84, Y10–Y19, Y28 when primary diagnosis is not F06–F99)

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

Total population aged 10 years and older

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

Risk adjusted

Data Source

National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Registered Persons Database (RPDB)

Data provided to HQO by

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

A lower value is desirable for this indicator