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This measure captures the proportion of ischemic stroke patients who are prescribed a statin medication at hospital discharge.

This measure captures the proportion of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients assessed for or who received rehabilitation services during the hospital stay.

This measure captures the proportion of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients assessed for or who received rehabilitation services during the hospital stay.

Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened at least once within the last 24 months for tobacco use, unhealthy alcohol use, nonmedical prescription drug use, and illicit drug use AND who received an intervention for all positive screening results

Percentage of patients on beta blocker therapy prior to arrival who received a beta blocker during the perioperative period. To be in the denominator, the patient must be on a beta-blocker prior to arrival. The case is excluded if the patient is not on a beta-blocker prior to arrival.

Percentage of surgery patients who received appropriate Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis within 24 hours prior to Anesthesia Start Time to 24 hours after Anesthesia End Time.

Percentage of surgery patients with surgical hair site removal with clippers or depilatory or no surgical site hair removal.

Percentage of surgery patients with recommended Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis ordered during admission

The measure is a PRE-PM, which calculates the percentage of contraceptive care patients who give a “top box” score for their experience of contraceptive counseling. The measure is a four-question survey which asks patients about key components of patient-centered counseling, including respect and adequate information. A “top box” score is defined as a response which gives the highest score for each of the four questions. Respondents give answers evaluating the quality of contraceptive care they received in the past six months.

The measure calculates the percentage of family or designated responsible party for long stay residents (i.e., residents living in the facility for 100 days or more), who are satisfied. This consumer reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: Long-Stay Family questionnaire that has three items.