Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a back pain episode of 28 days or more with medical record documentation that a physician advised them against bed rest lasting four days or longer.

Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a back pain episode of 28 days or more with medical record documentation that a physician advised them to maintain or resume normal activities.

Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a back pain episode of 28 days or more who received inappropriate repeat imaging studies in the absence of red flags or progressive symptoms (overuse measure, lower performance is better).

Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a diagnosis of back pain for whom the physician ordered imaging studies during the six weeks after pain onset, in the absence of “red flags” (overuse measure, lower performance is better).

The percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a diagnosis of back pain for whom documentation of a mental health assessment is present in the medical record prior to intervention or when pain lasts more than 6 weeks.

Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a back pain episode of 28 days or more with documentation of a physical examination on the date of the initial visit with the physician.

Percentage of patients at least 18 years of age and younger than 80 with a diagnosis of back pain who have medical record documentation of all of the following on the date of the initial visit to the physician:
1. Pain assessment
2. Functional status
3. Patient history, including notation of presence or absence of “red flags”
4. Assessment of prior treatment and response, and
5. Employment status

The percentage of women 65-85 years of age who report ever having received a bone density test to check for osteoporosis.

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.

The percentage of women 16–24 years of age who were identified as sexually active and who had at least one test for chlamydia during the measurement year.