Pediatric Patient Safety for Selected Indicators (PDI 19)

Pediatric Patient Safety for Selected Indicators (PDI 19) is a weighted average of the observed-to-expected ratios for the following component indicators: PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate, PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer Rate, PDI 05 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate, PDI 10 Postoperative Sepsis Rate, PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate, and PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection Rate.

The weights include component weights and shrinkage weights. The component weights are numerator weights, defined as the relative frequency of the numerators for the component indicators in the reference population. The shrinkage weights are the signal-to-noise ratio, where the signal variance is estimated from the reference population, and the noise variance is estimated from the user’s data and is unique to each provider in the user’s data.

For more information, see Quality Indicator Empirical Methods, PDI Composite Measure Workgroup Final Report, and AHRQ QI User Guide: PDI Composite available online at www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov