Acute stroke clinical care standard indicators: 5c-Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis of ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation prescribed oral anticoagulants on separation from hospital, 2019-
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Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 5c- Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis and atrial fibrillation prescribed oral anticoagulants on separation from hospital |
METEOR identifier: | 719114 |
Registration status: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Qualified 09/09/2019 |
Description: | Proportion of ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation prescribed oral anticoagulants, where not contraindicated, on separation from hospital. |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Both the numerator and the denominator include patients with a final diagnosis of ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation includes patients where Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} or Episode of care—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} is one of the following:
The diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is in addition to the diagnosis of ischaemic stroke. The numerator requires evidence of prescription of oral anticoagulation therapy at the point of the patient being separated from hospital. Oral anticoagulants include warfarin, apixaban, rivaroxaban or dabigatran. Both the numerator and the denominator exclude patients for whom oral anticoagulants are contraindicated and the contraindication is clearly documented. Both the numerator and denominator exlude patients who:
Presented as a percentage.
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Computation: | (Numerator ÷ denominator) x 100 |
Numerator: | Number of patients with a final diagnosis of ischaemic stroke with documented atrial fibrillation who were prescribed oral anticoagulation therapy on separation from hospital. |
Denominator: | Number of patients with a final diagnosis of ischaemic stroke, with documented atrial fibrillation, separated from hospital. |
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Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Episode |
Format: | N[NN] |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |