HCAHPS (NQF #0166) is a 29-item survey instrument that produces 10 publicly reported measures:

6 multi-item measures (communication with doctors, communication with nurses, responsiveness of hospital staff, communication about medicines, discharge information and care transition); and

4 single-item measures (cleanliness of the hospital environment, quietness of the hospital environment, overall rating of the hospital, and recommendation of hospital).

Percentage of residents with a valid target assessment and a valid prior assessment, with a decline in their ability to move about in their room and the adjacent corridor.

Percentage of daily work in hours by the entire group of nurses or nursing assistants spent tending to residents

Recently hospitalized residents with pressure ulcers

Percentage of recently hospitalized patients with valid SNF PPS 14-day assessment, who experienced moderate to severe pain at any time during the 7-day assessment period

Percentage of recently hospitlized patients, with a valid SNF PPS 14-day assessment with symptoms of delirium

Percentage of esidents with a valid target assessment and a valid prior assessment with worsening of a depressed or anxious mood.

Percentage of residents on most recent assessment with a urinary tract infection

Percentage of residents on most recent assessment. who spent most of their time in bed or in a chair in their room during the 7-day assessment period

Percentage of residents with a valid target assessment who have a catheter in the bladder at any time during the 14-day assessment period.