of the patient (based Public reporting: on the Carstairs Index) Dr Foster Quality Accounts () Primary diagnosis (based on the Clinical Hospital reporting: Classification System - Participating hospitals access CCS group) details online via a secure Co-morbidities (no website. further information available) Number of previous emergency admissions Year of discharge (financial year) Palliative care (whether the patient is being treated in specialty of palliative care). Number of deaths Numerator Not specified Not Standardised rates How reported: in the hospital specified. for differences in age Stroke 30 day Number of deaths in the Rates per 100 patients, age-sex that occurred Varies for (45+ years) and sex. case-fatality hospital that occurred within standardised rates per 100 within 30 days of participating rate/in-hospital 30 days of hospital admission Comparability issues patients with 95% confidence hospital countries. mortality rate. with primary diagnosis of include: variation in the intervals. admission with hemorrhagic stroke, and data collection period, Interpretation: primary diagnosis ischemic stroke (ICD-9 or age groups, coding Better quality is associated with Year: 2006 of hemorrhagic practice, collection a lower score. and ischemic methods. Denominator Public reporting: stroke. is an annual publication Number of people hospitalised reporting indictor performance with primary diagnosis of for participating countries. The stroke. data is also reported online via the . Comparative analysis is performed from data collected from 17 different countries Hospital reporting: No
of the patient (based on the Carstairs Index) Primary diagnosis (based on the Clinical Classification System - CCS group) Co-morbidities (no further information available) Number of previous emergency admissions Year of discharge (financial year) Palliative care (whether the patient is being treated in specialty of palliative care). Public reporting: Dr Foster Quality Accounts () Hospital reporting: Participating hospitals access details online via a secure website. Stroke 30 day case-fatality rate/in-hospital mortality rate. Year: 2006 Number of deaths in the hospital that occurred within 30 days of hospital admission with primary diagnosis of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. Numerator Number of deaths in the hospital that occurred within 30 days of hospital admission with primary diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke, and ischemic stroke (ICD-9 or Denominator Number of people hospitalised with primary diagnosis of stroke. Not specified Not specified. Varies for participating countries. Standardised rates for differences in age (45+ years) and sex. Comparability issues include: variation in the data collection period, age groups, coding practice, collection methods. How reported: Rates per 100 patients, age-sex standardised rates per 100 patients with 95% confidence intervals. Interpretation: Better quality is associated with a lower score. Public reporting: is an annual publication reporting indictor performance for participating countries. The data is also reported online via the . Comparative analysis is performed from data collected from 17 different countries Hospital reporting: No