This indicator measures the risk-adjusted rate of urgent readmission for the medical patient group.
Lower rates are desirable.
Data availability:
to (fiscal years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory, Region, Facility, Neighbourhood Income Quintile
Calculation
Risk-adjusted rate = Observed number of readmissions ÷ Expected number of readmissions × Canadian average readmission rate
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 seven 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.
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, readmissions were attributed to the last hospital from which the patient was discharged before readmission.
Denominator
Number of medical episodes of care discharged between April 1 and March 1 of the fiscal year
Numerator
Cases within the denominator with a non-elective readmission within 30 days of discharge after the index episode of care
Comments
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