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Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of appropriate patients referred to an intensive care unit, who are not admitted to the unit because of inadequate resources, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004736

Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of elective surgical cases deferred or cancelled due to the lack of ICU/HDU bed, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004737

Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients who were transferred to another facility/area/ICU due to unavailability of an ICU bed, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004738

Access block: percentage of mental health or critical care patients who waited greater than 4 hours in the emergency department (ED) after the time of decision to admit them, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004638

Access block: percentage of patients who were admitted or planned for admission but discharged from the emergency department (ED) without reaching an inpatient bed, transferred to another hospital for admission, or died in the ED whose total ED time exceeded 8 hours, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004637

Adults' access to preventive/ambulatory health services: percentage of members 20 years and older who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:004277

Cancellation of booked procedures: percentage of patients booked into a day procedure facility, whose procedure is cancelled after their arrival at the facility, due to administrative/organisational reasons, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004600

Children and adolescents' access to primary care practitioners: percentage of members 12 months to 19 years of age who had a visit with a primary care practitioner.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:004278

Dental care: percentage of members 2 through 21 years of age who had at least one dental visit during the measurement year.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:004279

Engagement of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment: percentage of members who initiated treatment and who had two or more additional services with an AOD diagnosis within 30 days of the initiation visit.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:004281

Hip fracture: risk-adjusted proportion of hip fracture patients aged 65 years and older who underwent hip fracture surgery in an acute care hospital on the day of admission or the next day.  Canadian Institute for Health Information  2008 May.  NQMC:004188

Hip fracture: risk-adjusted proportion of hip fracture patients aged 65 years and older who underwent hip fracture surgery in an acute care hospital on the day of admission, the next day or the day after that.  Canadian Institute for Health Information  2008 May.  NQMC:004189

Homeless: percent of eligible homeless veterans with an intake interview who receive timely MH or SUD specialty services.  Veterans Health Administration  2007 Oct.  NQMC:002468

Homeless: percent of homeless veterans entering a homeless program who receive timely MH or SUD specialty services.  Veterans Health Administration  2007 Oct.  NQMC:002469

Homeless: percent of homeless veterans entering a homeless residential program who receive timely primary care services.  Veterans Health Administration  2007 Oct.  NQMC:002470

Homeless: percent of veterans discharged from one of three types of homeless residential programs who receive timely MH or SUD specialty follow-up.  Veterans Health Administration  2007 Oct.  NQMC:002471

Initiation of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment: percentage of adolescent and adult members who initiate treatment through an inpatient AOD admission, outpatient visit, intensive outpatient encounter, or partial hospitalization within 14 days of diagnosis.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:004280

Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM): percent of psychosis patients projected as requiring MHICM who receive outpatient care in MHICM.  Veterans Health Administration  2007 Oct.  NQMC:002472

Paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) access: percentage of appropriate patients referred to an ICU, who are not admitted to the unit because of inadequate resources, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004874

Paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) access: percentage of elective surgical cases deferred or cancelled due to lack of ICU/HDU bed, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004875

        




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