Technical Specifications

This page contains links to explanations of the technical specifications of the indicators. The specifications for the Health Authority indicators are in HTML (web browser) format, those for the NHS Trust indicators are in Microsoft Word format.

Specifications for Health Authority Indicators
	Health Improvement.
	Fair Access.
	Effective Delivery of Appropriate Health Care.
	Efficiency.
	Patient / Carer Experience of the NHS.
	Health Outcomes of NHS Health Care (Part 1).
	Health Outcomes of NHS Health Care (Part 2).
Specifications for NHS Trust Indicators
	Rates of deaths in hospital within 30 days of surgery (all ages): emergency admissions
	Rates of deaths in hospital within 30 days of surgery (all ages): non-emergency admissions
	Rates of deaths in hospital within 30 days of emergency admission with a hip fracture (neck of femur), for patients aged 65 and over
	Rates of deaths in hospital within 30 days of emergency admission with a heart attack (myocardial infarction), for patients aged 35-74
	Rates of emergency readmission to hospital within 28 days of discharge from hospital (all ages)
	Rates of discharge to usual place of residence within 56 days of emergency admission from there with a stroke, for patients aged 50 and over
	Rates of discharge to usual place of residence within 28 days of emergency admission from there with a hip fracture (neck of femur), for patients aged 65 and over
Construction Methodology
	Standardisation Methodology
	Compositing Methodology.
	Construction of Continuous inpatient CIP spells from the HES system (Flat file structure).
	England Age-Specific rates for Clinical Indicators.
Additional Information
	Issues concerning quality of clinical coding.
	Changes to Clinical Outcome Indicator specifications in 2000 compared with 1999.
	Glossary.

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