Acute coronary syndromes: 6e-Discharge summary provided to general practitioner or ongoing clinical provider within 48 hours of separation from hospital
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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| Indicator type: | Indicator |
| Short name: | Indicator 6e-Discharge summary provided to general practitioner or ongoing clinical provider within 48 hours of separation from hospital |
| METEOR identifier: | 612091 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
| Description: | Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) whose discharge summary is provided to their general practitioner (GP) or ongoing clinical provider within 48 hours of separation from hospital. |
| Rationale: | The provision of a discharge summary to a GP or ongoing clinical provider demonstrates appropriate clinical handover (ACSQHC 2013). |
| Indicator set: | Clinical care standard indicators: acute coronary syndromes Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
| Outcome area: | Individualised care plan Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Computation description: | Both the numerator and the denominator include patients with acute chest pain, or other symptoms suggestive of ACS. Presented as a percentage. |
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| Computation: | (Numerator ÷ denominator) x 100 |
| Numerator: | Number of patients with a final diagnosis of ACS whose discharge summary has been provided to their GP or relevant health service provider within 48 hours of separation from hospital. |
| Denominator: | Number of patients with a final diagnosis of ACS separated from hospital. |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Percentage |
| Data type: | Real |
| Unit of measure: | Episode |
| Format: | N[NN] |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
| Reference documents: | ACSQHC (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care) 2013. Accreditation evidence of implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. Sydney: ACSQHC. |