This measure estimates the risk-adjusted change in mobility score between admission and discharge among LTCH patients requiring ventilator support at admission.
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 men aged 65 through 75 with history of tobacco use or men aged 60 years or more with a family history of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)who were screened for AAA
Percentage of patients, aged 6-18 years old, treated with psychostimulant medication for the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) whose medical record contains documentation of follow-up visits at least twice a year that include height, weight, a discussion of medication, a discussion of school progress and a care plan.
The following components of this measure assess the management of urinary incontinence in older adults.
- Discussing Urinary Incontinence. The percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who reported having urine leakage in the past six months and who discussed their urinary leakage problem with a health care provider.
- Treatment of Urinary Incontinence. The percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who reported having urine leakage in the past six months and who treatment options for their current urine leakage problem.
Percentage of patients for whom there is documentation that a written asthma management plan was provided either to the patient or the patient’s caregiver OR, at a minimum, specific written instructions on under what conditions the patient’s doctor should be contacted or the patient should go to the emergency room
The percentage of children 6 months of age who had documentation of a maternal depression screening for the mother.
Percentage of patient months for patients on maintenance hemodialysis during the last HD treatment of month using an autogenous AV fistula.
This composite measure assesses whether or not children and adolescents (age 0-17 years) receive health care within a medical home according to the survey respondent (almost always the child’s parent). The medical home measure is based on six of the seven components of care first proposed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—health care that is accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective. (Note: "accessible" is the one component of medical home that is not directly addressed in this composite measure.
Percentage of patient months of pediatric (< 18 years old) in-center hemodialysis patients (irrespective of frequency of dialysis) with documented monthly nPCR measurements.