Elderly

The percentage of discharges for individuals 18 – 64 years of age who were hospitalized for treatment of schizophrenia and who had an outpatient visit, an intensive outpatient encounter or partial hospitalization with a mental health practitioner. Two rates are reported.
•The percentage of individuals who received follow-up within 30 days of discharge
•The percentage of individuals who received follow-up within 7 days of discharge

The percentage of patients with COPD who are found to increase their functional capacity by at least 25 meters (82 feet), as measured by a standardized 6 minute walk test (6MWT) after par-ticipating in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR).

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.