Outcome

Change in rasch derived values of self-care function from admission to discharge among adult patients treated as short term rehabilitation patients in a skilled nursing facility who were discharged alive. The time frame for the measure is 12 months. The measure includes the following 8 items: Eating, Grooming, Dressing Upper Body, Dressing Lower Body, Toileting, Bowel, Expression, and Memory.

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment of patients with memory deficits.

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment of patients who exhibit deficits in speech-production.

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment related to spoken language comprehension.

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment related to spoken language expression.

Number of stroke patients who make progress as defined by an increase of one or more levels on the Writing Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment of patients who have attention deficits.

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment of patients with reading disorders.

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment of patients who exhibit difficuty in swallowing.

GAPPS is a measure of the number of preventable adverse events per 1,000 patient-days among pediatric inpatients. It is designed to compare rates across institutions and over time. The GAPPS measure utilizes the GAPPS trigger tool to identify adverse events.