Percentage of residents who experience moderate to severe pain during the 7-day assessment period
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Residents with moderate pain at least daily (J2a=2 AND J2b=2) OR horrible/excruciating pain at any frequency (J2b=3) on the target assessment.
Denominator
All residents with a valid target assessment.
Exclusions
Exclusions: Residents satisfying any of the following conditions:
1.The target assessment is an admission (AA8a=01) assessment.
2. Either J2a or J2b is missing on the target assessment.
3. The values of J2a and J2b are inconsistent on the target assessment.
4.(The resident is in a facility with a Chronic Care Admission Sample size of 0 (i.e., there are no admission assessments with AA8a = 01 in the facility over the previous 12 months).
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