Delirium clinical care standard indicators: 5a- Proportion of patients with delirium who had a comprehensive assessment that includes relevant multidisciplinary consultation to investigate the cause(s) of delirium
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | 5a- Proportion of patients with delirium who had a comprehensive assessment that includes relevant multidisciplinary consultation to investigate the cause(s) of delirium |
METEOR identifier: | 745818 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 09/09/2021 |
Description: | Proportion of patients with delirium who had a comprehensive assessment that includes relevant multidisciplinary consultation to investigate the cause(s) of delirium. |
Indicator set: |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | For the numerator and denominator identify patients with delirium using the ICD codes specified in the Hospital-Acquired Complications (HACs) List - Specifications, worksheet 1, where complication group = 11. Delirium. The numerator includes patients with delirium for whom a comprehensive assessment was undertaken, in consultation with the patient and their family or carer where appropriate, to investigate the cause(s) of their delirium. To be included in the numerator, the comprehensive assessment must include multidisciplinary consultation, undertaken during the hospital stay, be documented in the patient’s medical record, and include all of the following (ACSQHC, 2021):
‘Multidisciplinary’ means the assessment includes consultations with clinicians from more than one discipline. These consultations can be in person or via telehealth. Presented as a percentage. |
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Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 100 |
Numerator: | The number of patients with delirium who had a comprehensive assessment that includes relevant multidisciplinary consultation to investigate the cause(s) of delirium. |
Denominator: | The number of patients with delirium. |
Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | N[NN] |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
Reference documents: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Delirium Clinical Care Standard. Sydney: ACSQHC; 2021.
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