The total number of hours that all patients admitted to a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting were maintained in physical restraint.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
The total number of hours that all psychiatric inpatients were maintained in physical restraint.
Numerator Basis: The numerator evaluates the number of hours of physical restraint; however, the algorithm calculates the number of minutes to ensure a more accurate calculation of the measure. Convert the minutes to hours when analyzing and reporting this measure.
Denominator
Number of psychiatric inpatient days
Denominator basis: per 1,000 hours
To compute this measure rate, a base of 1000 hours has been applied to total patient days in the denominator (i.e., total patient days are divided by 1000). The purpose of this is to create a smaller denominator number, thus providing a more understandable rate. When multiplied by 1000, this rate measures numerator occurrence per total patient days.
Exclusions
Total leave days
Measure Record
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