Readmission-30-days-selected-HBAM-Retired - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Readmission within 30 days for selected Health-Based Allocation Model (HBAM) inpatient grouper (HIG) - Retired

Alternate Name

Readmission within 30 days for selected Health-Based Allocation Model (HBAM) inpatient grouper (HIG)

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Percentage of acute hospital inpatients discharged with selected HBAM Inpatient Grouper (HIG) who are readmitted to any acute inpatient hospital for non-elective patient care within 30 days of the discharge for index admission.

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 by denominator times 100.

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

Sum of all readmissions for all index cases in the reporting period

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

Sum of all index cases (discharges in the reporting period for selected HIGs).

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

Risk adjusted

Data Source

Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)

Data provided to HQO by

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Caveats and Limitations

Interim data is used in order to provide timely (quarterly) performance results. There are data quality and completeness issues with interim data. Indicator values may change substantially once complete data is analyzed (versus analysis based on interim potentially incomplete quarterly data).

Comments Summary

This is a QIP additional indicator for 2017/18. QIP current performance reporting period: July - June of following year. To access your organization’s data for the reporting period, refer to Health Quality Ontario’s QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February 2017. Alternatively, refer to the Ministry’s Health Data Branch Web Portal for your organization’s rates (click on ‘Hospitals’, then ‘Quality Improvement Plans’).