Table 1 NCAs Sampled
From: Exploring variation in the use of feedback from national clinical audits: a realist investigation
NCA | Date initiated | Clinical speciality | Examples of NCA performance measures |
|---|---|---|---|
PICANet | 2002 | Paediatric Intensive Care | • Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR): ratio between the observed number of deaths and the number of deaths that would be expected, given the severity of patients’ illness at admission • Unplanned extubations - accidental removal of breathing tubes • Emergency readmissions within 48 h of discharge |
MINAP | 1998 | Cardiology – Myocardial Infarctions (heart attacks) | • Call-to-Balloon time: time between ambulance call and Primary PCI treatment: target 90 min • Door-to-Angiography time: time between arrival at hospital to diagnostic procedure: target 72 h • Discharge on gold standard drugs: Proportion of patients who received all secondary prevention medication for which they were eligible |
BAUS | 2012–2016a | Urology - diseases of the urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs | Cystectomy (bladder removal surgery) outcomes data, including: • 30 day mortality rate • 90 day mortality rate • length of hospital stay |
NACR | 2005 | Cardiology - Cardiac Rehabilitation | • Cardiac Rehabilitation offered to all priority groups • Percent of patients with recorded assessment before starting formal Cardiac Rehabilitation: >England 80%; Northern Ireland 88%; Wales 68% • Percent of patients with recorded assessment at the end of Cardiac Rehabilitation: > England 57%, Northern Ireland 61%, Wales 43% |