Acute care patients who reported that they had complete information and understanding of their medications, conditions and treatment when leaving the hospital

This indicator is calculated by taking the sum of the weighted proportions obtained for the following three indicators: AU_DCT01_1, AU_DCT02_1 and AU_DCT03_1. This sum of weighted proportions is then divided by the sum of the weighted number of respondents to these same three indicators. The questions to which these indicators refer are as follows: 'Before you left the hospital, did you have a clear understanding about all of your prescribed medications, including those you were taking before your hospital stay?', 'Did you receive enough information from hospital staff about what to do if you were worried about your condition or treatment after you left the hospital?' and 'When you left the hospital, did you have a better understanding of your condition than when you entered?'. This composite score calculation methodology is the same as the one used by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).