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The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) has been published annually since 2010-11, and draws on data from a number of collections. The ASCOF Handbook of Definitions, published by the Department of Health, provides in-depth information on the purpose of the framework, the construction of the...
To monitor care for the elderly.
On 31 March 2011, Transparency in outcomes: a framework for adult social care announced the first Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), covering the year 2011-12. On 30 March 2012, the ASCOF for 2012-13 was published by the Department of Health. The purpose of the ASCOF is three-fold:
The number of persons over the age of 65 vaccinated against influenza, divided by the population aged 65 and over from returning GP practices, expressed as a percentage.
Directly standardised rate of hospital episodes for revascularisation per 100,000 population aged > 65.
Directly standardised rate of hospital admissions for stroke in the elderly per 100,000 population aged 65 and over.