Higher proportions are desirable.
Risk-adjusted rate = Observed number of procedures performed within 48 hours ÷ Expected number of procedures performed within 48 hours × Canadian proportion of surgeries performed within 48 hours
Unit of Analysis: Episode of care
An episode of care refers to all contiguous inpatient hospitalizations and same-day surgery visits. For episodes with transfers within or between facilities, transactions were linked regardless of diagnoses. To construct an episode of care, a transfer is assumed to have occurred if either of the following conditions is met:
- An acute care hospitalization or a same-day surgery visit occurs less than 7 hours after discharge from the previous acute care hospitalization or same-day surgery visit, regardless of whether the transfer is coded;
- An acute care hospitalization or same-day surgery visit occurs between 7 and 12 hours after discharge from the previous acute care hospitalization or same-day surgery visit, and at least one of the hospitalizations or visits has coded the transfer.
Wait time is calculated from the episode start date/time (admission date/time of first acute hospitalization of the episode of care) to the procedure date/time of the hip fracture surgery.
Notes
- For public reporting: Regional and provincial/territorial results are calculated by place of residence; facility results are calculated by place of service.
- For facility-level reporting: For episodes of care that involved transfers, the total wait time is attributed to the hospital where the surgery was performed.
The number of hip fracture episodes among patients age 18 and older that were surgically treated in an acute care hospital
A subset of the denominator and represents the number of hip fracture episodes that were surgically treated within 48 hours of initial admission to an acute care hospital
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