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Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) between 6pm and 6am, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004740

Access and exit block to the ICU: percentage of patients whose discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) was delayed more than 12 hours, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004739

Ambulatory care: summary of utilization of ambulatory care in the following categories: outpatient visits, emergency department visits, ambulatory surgery/procedures, and observation room stays.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:002856

Antibiotic utilization: summary of outpatient utilization of antibiotic prescriptions during the measurement year, stratified by age and gender.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:002869

Asthma: the average length of stay for all episodes of children admitted with a primary diagnosis of asthma, during the 6 month time period, excluding same day admissions.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004871

Asthma: the average length of stay for all episodes of children admitted with a primary diagnosis of asthma, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004870

Blood transfusion: percentage of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion episodes when the HB reading is 100g/L or more, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004683

Caesarean section: proportion of women delivering babies in acute care hospital by Caesarean section.  Canadian Institute for Health Information  2008 May.  NQMC:002732

Cancellation of booked procedures: percentage of patients booked into a day procedure facility who fail to arrive, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004597

Cardiac revascularization: age-standardized rate of CABG surgery performed on inpatients in acute care hospitals or PCI performed on patients in acute care hospitals, same day surgery facilities or catheterization laboratories, per 100,000 population age 20 years and over.  Canadian Institute for Health Information  2008 May.  NQMC:004191

Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of centrally-inserted (CI) central line-days per patient-days in adult intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004705

Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of centrally-inserted (CI) central line-days per patient-days in paediatric intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004709

Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of peripherally-inserted (PI) central line-days per patient-days in adult intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004707

Central line-utilisation ratio (CLUR): number of peripherally-inserted (PI) central line-days per patient-days in paediatric intensive care unit (ICU), during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004711

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery: age-standardized rate of CABG surgery performed on inpatients in acute care hospitals, per 100,000 population age 20 years and over.  Canadian Institute for Health Information  2008 May.  NQMC:002742

Coronary artery disease: coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) area rate.  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  2008 Feb.  NQMC:004090

Coronary artery disease: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) area rate.  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  2008 Feb.  NQMC:004091

Day of surgery admissions: percentage of elective surgery patients admitted to the organisation on the day of surgery, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004684

Dermatological consult: percentage of patients who receive a dermatological consult within 24 hours, greater than or equal to 1 day and less than 2 days, greater than or equal to 2 days and less than 5 working days, or longer than one week after the primary contact time to assessment visit, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004604

Frequency of selected procedures: summary of utilization of seventeen frequently performed procedures.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:002854

        




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