Hip fracture: falls risk assessment
Indicator
The proportion of people with hip fracture, who receive a multifactorial risk assessment of future falls risk.
Indicator type
Network / system level indicator.
The indicator would be appropriate to understand and report on the performance of networks or systems of providers.
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Rationale
A multifactorial falls risk assessment aims to identify a person's individual risk factors for falling. This will enable practitioners to refer the person for effective interventions targeted at their specific risk factors, with the aim of reducing subsequent falls and potentially preventing future injury.
Source guidance
Falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention. NICE guideline CG161 (2013), recommendations 1.1.2.1 and 1.1.2.2
Specification
Numerator: The number in the denominator who have received a multifactorial risk assessment from the hip fracture programme team.
Denominator: The number of people on the National Hip Fracture Database.
Calculation: Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
Exclusions: People aged 60 years and under, people that died in hospital.
Data source: National Hip Fracture Database.
Minimum population: The indicator would be appropriate to understand and report on the performance of networks or systems of providers.
ISBN: 978-1-4731-5877-1