Included: all patients are included in this indicator.
| Excluded: no patients are excluded from this indicator |
Numerator = the number of patients who were reported as requiring speech and language therapy.
Denominator = all the patients in the cohort.
To calculate the numerator:
Count the number of patients who were considered to require this therapy at any point in the admission (Q 4.4 is “Yes”)
Cohort percentage:
| For team-centred | For patient-centred |
| The patient must be considered to require speech and language therapy by the specific team | The patient must be considered to require speech and language therapy by at least one inpatient team that the patient has been seen by |
Example
Patient X was reported to require speech and language therapy.
Patient Y was reported to require speech and language therapy.
Patient Z was not reported to require speech and language therapy.
Therefore the cohort percentage is 0.67 or 67% or
