Percentage of patients undergoing cesarean section who receive appropriate prophylactic antibiotics within 60 minutes of the start of the cesarean delivery, unless the patient is already receiving appropriate antibiotics
To ensure that all women have endometrial sampling performed before undergoing an endometrial ablation.
The percentage of female adolescents 18 years of age who had a chlamydia screening test with proper follow-up.
The percentage of Medicaid deliveries that had the following number of expected prenatal visits:
• less than 21 percent of expected visits.
• 21 percent–40 percent of expected visits.
• 41 percent–60 percent of expected visits.
• 61 percent–80 percent of expected visits.
• greater than or equal to 81 percent of expected visits.
Percent of live newborn infants that receive Hepatitis B vaccination before discharge (or within 1 month of life, if the infant had an extended hospital stay) at each single hospital/birthing facility during given time period (one year).
Percentage of pregnant women who are eligible for and receive appropriate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) for Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
Low birth weight (< 2,500 grams) infants per 1,000 newborns. Excludes transfers from other institutions.
[NOTE: The software provides the rate per newborn. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 newborns. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report admissions per 1,000 newborns.]
[NOTE: This indicator can be calculated in SAS QI Software Version 4.5 using either the PDI Module or the PQI #9 Standalone Module.]
The percentage of births with birthweight <2,500 grams
The percentage of deliveries of live births between November 6 of the year prior to the measurement year and November 5 of the measurement year. For these women, the measure assesses the following facets of prenatal and postpartum care:
Rate 1: Timeliness of Prenatal Care. The percentage of deliveries that received a prenatal care visit as a member of the organization in the first trimester or within 42 days of enrollment in the organization.
Rate 2: Postpartum Care. The percentage of deliveries that had a postpartum visit on or between 21 and 56 days after delivery.
Proportion of infants born from 22 weeks, 0 days to 29 weeks, 6 days gestational age who were in the reporting hospital at the postnatal age recommended for screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and who received a retinal examination for ROP prior to discharge.