Assesses different facets of fall risk management:
Discussing Fall Risk. The percentage of adults 75 years of age and older, or 65–74 years of age with balance or walking problems or a fall in the past 12 months, who were seen by a practitioner in the past 12 months and who discussed falls or problems with balance or walking with their current practitioner.
Managing Fall Risk. The percentage of adults 65 years of age and older who had a fall or had problems with balance or walking in the past 12 months, who were seen by a practitioner in the past 12 months and who received fall risk intervention from their current practitioner.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
This measure has two rates.
Discussing Fall Risk: The number of patients in the denominator who indicated they discussed falls or problems with their current provider.
Managing Fall Risk: The number of patients in the denominator who indicated their provider provided fall risk management.
Denominator
Each rate has a different denominator.
The Discussing Fall Risk rate has two denominators:
- Adults age 75 and older who had a provider visit in the past 12 months
- Adults age 65-74 who had a provider visit in the past 12 months and report either falling or having a problem with balance or walking in the past 12 months.
The Managing Falls Risk measure has only one denominator: Adults age 65 and older who had a provider visit in the past 12 months and report either falling or having a problem with balance or walking in the past 12 months.
Exclusions
N/A
Measure Record
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