Acute stroke clinical care standard indicators: 6b-Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis of acute stroke who require assistance with activities of daily living, and whose carer(s) received relevant training prior to separation from hospital, 2019-
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 6b- Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis of acute stroke who require assistance with activities of daily living, and whose carer(s) received relevant training prior to separation from hospital |
METEOR identifier: | 719070 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Qualified 09/09/2019 |
Description: | Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis of acute stroke who require assistance with activities of daily living, and whose carer(s) received relevant training prior to separation from hospital. |
Indicator set: |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Both the numerator and the denominator include patients with a final diagnosis of acute stroke. The final diagnosis is made at the hospital where the patient is admitted for the acute phase of management of their stroke. Both the numerator and the denominator only include patients who require assistance with activities of daily living following their acute stroke. Both the numerator and the denominator only include patients separated to their usual residence, own accommodation or welfare institution following the acute episode of care, that is, where Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code N = 9 Other. Welfare institutions includes prisons, hostels and group homes providing primarily welfare services. Both the numerator and denominator exclude:
For the numerator, carer training should have the following components:
Presented as a percentage. |
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Computation: | (Numerator ÷ denominator) x 100 |
Numerator: | Number of patients with a final diagnosis of acute stroke who require assistance with activities of daily living and whose carer or carers received training prior to the patient's separation from hospital. |
Denominator: | Number of patients with a final diagnosis of acute stroke requiring assistance with activities of daily living upon seperation from hospital and who have a carer or carers. |
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: | Stroke Foundation 2017. Clinical guidelines for stroke management. Melbourne: Stroke Foundation |