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Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly (DAE)

  • The percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who received at least two dispensing events for the same high-risk medication. A lower rate represents better performance.

    CBE ID
    0022

Use of Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain

  • The percentage of patients with a primary diagnosis of low back pain who did not have an imaging study (plain X-ray, MRI, CT scan) within 28 days of diagnosis.

    CBE ID
    0052

Use of Iron Therapy for Pediatric Patients

  • Percentage of all pediatric (less than 18 years old) in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis patients with hemoglobin less than 11.0 g/dL and in whom serum ferritin concentration was less than 100 ng/ml and TSAT less than 20% who received IV iron or were prescribed oral iron within the following three months.

    CBE ID
    1433

Use of Opioids at High Dosage in Persons Without Cancer

  • The proportion (XX out of 1,000) of individuals without cancer receiving prescriptions for opioids with a daily dosage greater than 120mg morphine equivalent dose (MED) for 90 consecutive days or longer.

    CBE ID
    2940

Use of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder

  • The Use of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder measure evaluates the percentage of Medicaid or Medicare-Medicaid participants, aged 18 years and older, who have been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder (OUD) who filled a prescription for, were administered, or dispensed, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medication to treat or manage OUD during the measurement year.

    CBE ID
    3400