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2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
4. Quality Disparities by Income, Ethnicity, and Race
Poor Households vs. High-Income Households
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling, age 18 and over |
-18.750 |
-2.121 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance |
-40.084 |
-16.292 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries |
-26.168 |
-7.573 |
2014 |
| Adults with limited English proficiency who had usual source of care |
-19.021 |
-2.452 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with congestive heart failure, age 18 and over |
-11.413 |
-5.824 |
2014 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
-11.864 |
-3.671 |
2015 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
-10.443 |
-4.514 |
2015 |
| Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child |
-40.202 |
-9.852 |
2014 |
| Men age 75 and over without prostate cancer who had a PSA test or a digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening within the past year |
-23.559 |
-8.229 |
2010 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
0.858 |
0.400 |
2014 |
| Postoperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
-0.484 |
-0.512 |
2014 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
4.480 |
2.634 |
2014 |
| Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
1.938 |
1.387 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age <18 years |
12.766 |
1.414 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
-1.075 |
-0.707 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization, ages 18-89 or obstetric admissions |
6.869 |
4.856 |
2014 |
| Birth trauma-injury to neonate per 1,000 live births |
-2.139 |
-0.281 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 11 prescription medications that should be avoided in older adults |
29.412 |
0.693 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 33 potentially inappropriate prescription medications for older adults |
21.429 |
1.166 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, age 18 and over |
2.530 |
1.593 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) |
-5.085 |
-0.372 |
2013 |
| Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined |
17.333 |
0.756 |
2013 |
| Adults with hypertension with blood pressure less than 140/90 mm/Hg |
10.220 |
0.859 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction, age 18 and over |
0.224 |
0.128 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, age 18 and over |
8.088 |
0.889 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received 2 or more hemoglobin A1c measurements in the calendar year |
23.581 |
1.023 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year |
8.456 |
0.579 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year |
-15.012 |
-1.529 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diabetes whose condition was diagnosed |
6.699 |
0.214 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with total cholesterol less than 200 mg/dL |
60.410 |
1.820 |
2012 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg |
7.298 |
0.664 |
2014 |
| Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment |
18.929 |
1.743 |
2015 |
| Children ages 12-17 with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment |
0.506 |
0.074 |
2015 |
| Adults with chronic joint symptoms who have ever seen a doctor or other health professional for joint symptoms |
-6.143 |
-0.794 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with pneumonia, age 18 and over |
-0.490 |
-0.200 |
2014 |
| People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler) |
1.951 |
0.544 |
2014 |
| People with current asthma who receive written asthma management plans from their health provider |
-3.783 |
-0.666 |
2013 |
| Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking |
6.711 |
0.456 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-19 with obesity who had been told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight |
15.991 |
0.724 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have |
9.870 |
2.019 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about healthy eating |
12.605 |
1.631 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months |
11.232 |
0.873 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
-3.350 |
-1.464 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine |
7.595 |
0.441 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
26.380 |
1.720 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-6.144 |
-1.202 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
2.743 |
0.280 |
2014 |
| Adolescent males ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-9.577 |
-2.405 |
2014 |
| Adolescent males ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-0.137 |
-0.024 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
31.667 |
1.610 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6 months to 17 years who received influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
3.580 |
0.524 |
2014 |
| Children ages 3-5 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider |
22.337 |
1.491 |
2014 |
| Children 0-40 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a child safety seat while riding in the car |
0.000 |
0.000 |
2014 |
| Children 41-80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a booster seat when riding in the car |
-3.253 |
-0.454 |
2014 |
| Children over 80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car |
1.994 |
0.375 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle |
5.719 |
1.190 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative sepsis per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions of length 4 or more days, age 18 and over |
14.375 |
6.379 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
24.138 |
6.261 |
2014 |
| Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
40.000 |
12.000 |
2014 |
| Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence per 1,000 abdominopelvic-surgery admissions of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over |
41.237 |
3.763 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with expected low mortality, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
20.690 |
2.683 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them |
92.727 |
4.954 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand |
100.000 |
4.589 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say |
118.919 |
5.458 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them |
74.026 |
4.888 |
2014 |
| Rating of health care 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months |
157.534 |
9.178 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments |
46.875 |
4.411 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors |
23.243 |
2.892 |
2014 |
| Emergency department visits with a principal diagnosis related to mental health only per 100,000 population |
111.796 |
8.356 |
2014 |
| Emergency department visits with a principal diagnosis related to substance abuse only per 100,000 population |
61.351 |
4.488 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Emergency department visits with a principal diagnosis related to co-occurring mental health, alcohol, and substance abuse per 100,000 population |
107.143 |
6.708 |
2014 |
| Emergency department visits for asthma per 100,000 population (including inpatient admissions), ages 18-39 |
198.062 |
10.736 |
2014 |
| Emergency department visits for asthma per 100,000 population (including inpatient admissions), ages 2-17 |
176.071 |
6.370 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
293.846 |
12.848 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
213.270 |
17.943 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, ages 6-17 |
108.125 |
3.548 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with long-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
181.532 |
15.983 |
2014 |
| Lower extremity amputations among admissions for diabetes per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
224.742 |
16.769 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 18-39 |
194.048 |
12.660 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 2-17 |
133.992 |
4.998 |
2014 |
| Emergency department visits for congestive heart failure per 100,000 population (including inpatient admissions), age 18 and over |
124.092 |
10.602 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, ages 1-17 |
22.207 |
6.320 |
2014 |
| Avoidable admissions for hypertension per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
181.620 |
14.017 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for dehydration per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
71.200 |
10.061 |
2014 |
| Admissions for angina without cardiac procedure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
120.732 |
9.616 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma per 100,000 population, age 40 and over |
185.467 |
17.019 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
103.281 |
14.081 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
65.604 |
8.993 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
116.384 |
5.482 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for pediatric gastroenteritis per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
68.182 |
3.606 |
2014 |
| Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis |
157.692 |
4.629 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for heart failure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
98.771 |
12.646 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with coronary artery bypass graft, age 40 and over |
51.852 |
8.963 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with percutaneous coronary intervention, age 40 and over |
10.204 |
4.160 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination in the calendar year |
67.407 |
3.893 |
2014 |
| Infants who received breastfeeding through 3 months |
47.303 |
8.947 |
2012 |
| Adults age 20 and over with obesity who had been told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight |
21.254 |
2.154 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-5 with obesity |
141.667 |
2.809 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6-11 with obesity |
76.230 |
3.133 |
2014 |
| Children ages 12-19 with obesity |
63.504 |
2.628 |
2014 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional to exercise more |
18.182 |
2.423 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods |
16.009 |
2.863 |
2014 |
| Women ages 50-74 who received a mammogram in the last 2 years |
138.889 |
10.518 |
2013 |
| Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years |
171.545 |
13.480 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high |
181.633 |
13.267 |
2014 |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
99.020 |
10.100 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
30.044 |
3.588 |
2014 |
| Adult age 18 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
31.809 |
9.829 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for immunization-preventable influenza per 100,000 population, age 65 and over |
18.221 |
2.197 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
43.207 |
6.222 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 4 or more doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine |
159.494 |
7.425 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of polio vaccine |
65.957 |
2.421 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine |
116.667 |
4.373 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine |
62.903 |
2.744 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
21.637 |
1.989 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
60.241 |
3.599 |
2014 |
| Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within the past 2 years |
94.118 |
3.986 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2 -17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year |
69.592 |
7.849 |
2014 |
| Children ages 0-17 who had a wellness checkup in the last 12 months |
80.952 |
6.963 |
2014 |
| People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income |
226.667 |
11.873 |
2014 |
| People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care |
256.044 |
8.962 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons |
70.361 |
5.656 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons |
25.671 |
2.791 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons |
53.092 |
4.400 |
2014 |
Hispanics vs. Non-Hispanic Whites
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling, age 18 and over |
-53.333 |
-5.657 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
-10.526 |
-4.472 |
2014 |
| Birth trauma-injury to neonate per 1,000 live births |
-16.418 |
-2.375 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance |
-32.333 |
-14.454 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries |
-18.112 |
-5.477 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 11 prescription medications that should be avoided in older adults |
-45.455 |
-2.343 |
2004 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 33 potentially inappropriate prescription medications for older adults |
-35.246 |
-2.817 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection |
-20.588 |
-13.728 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-14.018 |
-2.621 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, ages 6-17 |
-27.709 |
-1.963 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 18-39 |
-18.045 |
-2.471 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit and were then hospitalized |
-17.045 |
-55.709 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, age 18 and over |
-16.604 |
-12.127 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who needed urgent, unplanned medical care |
-18.396 |
-61.664 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for dehydration per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-14.361 |
-2.346 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma per 100,000 population, age 40 and over |
-14.807 |
-2.022 |
2014 |
| Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) |
-15.789 |
-2.846 |
2013 |
| Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population |
-29.612 |
-19.290 |
2014 |
| Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population |
-22.222 |
-14.311 |
2014 |
| Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population |
-59.692 |
-85.698 |
2014 |
| Suicide deaths per 100,000 population |
-61.809 |
-86.974 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious |
-17.333 |
-12.748 |
2013 |
| People with current asthma who receive written asthma management plans from their health provider |
-10.492 |
-2.132 |
2013 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weights >2,499 g |
-20.000 |
-14.142 |
2013 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about healthy eating |
-12.766 |
-2.174 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased |
-10.227 |
-8.955 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain |
-37.037 |
-39.223 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight |
-26.042 |
-24.515 |
2013 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder |
-11.581 |
-16.444 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less pain when moving around |
-19.018 |
-65.354 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Breast cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 40 and over |
-18.889 |
-15.784 |
2013 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
-30.088 |
-3.801 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-20.143 |
-3.874 |
2014 |
| Adolescent males ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-14.934 |
-3.912 |
2014 |
| Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child |
-25.394 |
-6.503 |
2014 |
| Children 41-80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a booster seat when riding in the car |
-13.419 |
-2.346 |
2014 |
| Children over 80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car |
-11.854 |
-2.507 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had influenza vaccination during flu season |
-18.868 |
-134.096 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination |
-21.862 |
-196.454 |
2013 |
| People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income |
-27.273 |
-4.800 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infection, age 18 and over |
13.333 |
0.417 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
-1.639 |
-0.447 |
2014 |
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative pneumonia events, age 18 and over |
48.734 |
0.853 |
2013 |
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative venous thromboembolic events, age 18 and over |
47.368 |
0.224 |
2010 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
-4.825 |
-1.739 |
2014 |
| Postoperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
2.972 |
2.203 |
2014 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
7.778 |
4.186 |
2014 |
| Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence per 1,000 abdominopelvic-surgery admissions of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over |
-5.785 |
-0.553 |
2014 |
| Mechanical adverse events in adult patients receiving central venous catheter placement, age 18 and over |
21.522 |
0.606 |
2011 |
| Hospital admissions with accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age <18 years |
5.660 |
0.671 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization, ages 18-89 or obstetric admissions |
1.851 |
1.104 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with expected low mortality, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
3.333 |
0.447 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event to warfarin, age 18 and over |
53.547 |
1.441 |
2011 |
| Hospital patients who received an anticoagulant who had an adverse drug event with intravenous heparin, age 18 and over |
-3.727 |
-0.134 |
2013 |
| Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event to low-molecular-weight heparin and factor Xa, age 18 and over |
39.437 |
1.349 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital patients who received a hypoglycemic agent who had an adverse drug event with hypoglycemic agents, age 18 and over |
-12.372 |
-0.866 |
2014 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder |
4.444 |
1.961 |
2013 |
| Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time |
-5.208 |
-1.213 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, ages 1-17 |
5.098 |
1.796 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital |
-2.066 |
-7.906 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had timely initiation of care |
-0.542 |
-12.127 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-12.109 |
-1.880 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
22.052 |
1.476 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for pediatric gastroenteritis per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
14.248 |
0.915 |
2014 |
| Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined |
4.167 |
0.549 |
2013 |
| Adults with hypertension with blood pressure less than 140/90 mm/Hg |
-10.590 |
-1.453 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction, age 18 and over |
3.505 |
1.596 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for heart failure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
15.819 |
1.868 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with congestive heart failure, age 18 and over |
-6.153 |
-2.250 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, age 18 and over |
19.919 |
1.422 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with coronary artery bypass graft, age 40 and over |
7.825 |
1.239 |
2014 |
| Dialysis patients under age 70 who were registered on a waiting list for transplantation within a year of initiation |
2.703 |
5.547 |
2014 |
| Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure |
9.383 |
20.190 |
2011 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination in the calendar year |
18.785 |
1.717 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year |
2.813 |
0.302 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diabetes whose condition was diagnosed |
26.961 |
1.111 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had diabetic foot care and patient education-short stay |
-0.213 |
-3.162 |
2013 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg |
3.549 |
0.356 |
2014 |
| Children ages 12-17 with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment |
8.586 |
1.494 |
2015 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
0.857 |
0.214 |
2015 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
1.410 |
0.744 |
2015 |
| Number of discharges from substance abuse treatment for persons age 12 and over and percent who completed treatment |
-2.194 |
-9.931 |
2012 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with pneumonia, age 18 and over |
2.242 |
0.770 |
2014 |
| Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment |
-19.130 |
-1.930 |
2012 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler) |
-3.548 |
-0.950 |
2014 |
| Live-born infants with low birth weight (<2,500 g) |
1.429 |
3.536 |
2014 |
| Women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received early and adequate prenatal care |
1.653 |
49.497 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-19 with obesity who had been told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight |
-4.780 |
-0.586 |
2014 |
| Children ages 12-19 with obesity |
16.327 |
1.078 |
2014 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional to exercise more |
6.631 |
1.135 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have |
-7.547 |
-1.885 |
2014 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods |
-1.613 |
-0.404 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who get better at bathing |
5.397 |
17.920 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended |
-6.272 |
-24.725 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain |
-6.283 |
-5.970 |
2013 |
| Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over |
-9.538 |
-6.535 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for immunization-preventable influenza per 100,000 population, age 65 and over |
23.235 |
1.657 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
5.823 |
3.190 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 4 or more doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine |
0.690 |
0.064 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of polio vaccine, United State |
-7.463 |
-0.447 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine |
-7.955 |
-0.600 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine |
-12.903 |
-0.958 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine |
-18.557 |
-1.543 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
2.427 |
0.179 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine |
-4.492 |
-0.489 |
2014 |
| Adolescent males ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-4.639 |
-0.862 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
9.259 |
0.657 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
28.455 |
1.456 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6 months to 17 years who received influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-9.091 |
-1.744 |
2014 |
| Children ages 3-5 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider |
16.358 |
1.246 |
2014 |
| Children 0-40 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a child safety seat while riding in the car |
1.117 |
0.115 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle |
-6.471 |
-1.696 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Men age 75 and over without prostate cancer who had a PSA test or a digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening within the past year |
-9.043 |
-2.236 |
2010 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons |
9.371 |
2.199 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative sepsis per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions of length 4 or more days, age 18 and over |
42.004 |
14.361 |
2014 |
| Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
65.644 |
19.869 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients whose surgical wound was improved |
17.757 |
10.879 |
2013 |
| Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
10.980 |
6.791 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly |
26.582 |
120.686 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained |
28.571 |
3.922 |
2013 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them |
57.895 |
4.093 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand |
87.179 |
5.068 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say |
68.182 |
3.721 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them |
49.383 |
3.885 |
2014 |
| Rating of health care 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months |
27.660 |
2.756 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments |
39.850 |
4.342 |
2014 |
| Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness |
52.941 |
6.364 |
2014 |
| Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying |
17.857 |
4.903 |
2014 |
| Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes |
120.930 |
12.612 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors |
15.897 |
2.279 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
106.349 |
4.576 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with long-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
92.256 |
6.947 |
2014 |
| Lower extremity amputations among admissions for diabetes per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
97.224 |
6.646 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 2-17 |
35.064 |
2.056 |
2014 |
| Admissions with hypertension per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
74.493 |
4.680 |
2014 |
| Admissions for angina without cardiac procedure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
41.717 |
3.680 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
25.237 |
2.645 |
2014 |
| Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis |
95.833 |
9.021 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with percutaneous coronary intervention, age 40 and over |
15.666 |
4.683 |
2014 |
| End stage renal disease patients age 18 and over who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy |
20.066 |
28.676 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received 2 or more hemoglobin A1c measurements in the calendar year |
55.721 |
2.691 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year |
55.794 |
3.575 |
2014 |
| Adjusted incident rates of end stage renal disease due to diabetes per million population |
171.067 |
57.797 |
2014 |
| HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population |
122.222 |
10.786 |
2014 |
| Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment |
35.714 |
3.159 |
2015 |
| Adults with chronic joint symptoms who have ever seen a doctor or other health professional for joint symptoms |
32.714 |
4.373 |
2014 |
| Infants who received breastfeeding through 3 months |
14.918 |
3.618 |
2012 |
| Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking |
34.551 |
2.659 |
2014 |
| Adults age 20 and over with obesity who had been told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight |
26.923 |
3.263 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-5 with obesity |
200.000 |
5.200 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6-11 with obesity |
83.824 |
4.670 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around |
15.364 |
60.083 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at getting in and out of bed |
14.770 |
64.300 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in toileting |
22.483 |
64.174 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath |
40.000 |
117.526 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less urinary incontinence |
25.856 |
107.517 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in upper body dressing |
13.732 |
41.110 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in confusion frequency |
19.196 |
83.010 |
2013 |
| Women ages 50-74 who received a mammogram in the last 2 years |
24.719 |
3.009 |
2013 |
| Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years |
32.370 |
4.469 |
2013 |
| Cervical cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 20 and over |
34.021 |
10.436 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high |
97.015 |
9.690 |
2014 |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
17.361 |
2.906 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
15.851 |
2.481 |
2014 |
| Adults age 18 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
25.187 |
9.718 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months |
21.739 |
2.094 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
55.241 |
8.008 |
2014 |
| Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within the past 2 years |
58.065 |
3.637 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2 -17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year |
28.784 |
5.188 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Children ages 0-17 who had a wellness checkup in the last 12 months |
43.537 |
5.917 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
32.941 |
27.456 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
67.273 |
36.281 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
55.906 |
69.621 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
55.200 |
67.660 |
2013 |
| People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care |
112.162 |
6.496 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons |
24.568 |
2.646 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons |
29.422 |
3.693 |
2014 |
Blacks vs. Whites
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling, age 18 and over |
-26.667 |
-2.828 |
2014 |
| Birth trauma-injury to neonate per 1,000 live births |
-18.905 |
-2.735 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance |
-50.837 |
-23.920 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries |
-35.574 |
-10.869 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained |
-14.286 |
-7.071 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection |
-30.882 |
-20.592 |
2013 |
| Adult hospital patients who sometimes or never had good communication about medications they received in the hospital |
-13.418 |
-21.662 |
2015 |
| Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time |
-15.625 |
-4.743 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors |
-14.925 |
-2.822 |
2014 |
| Adults with hypertension with blood pressure less than 140/90 mm/Hg |
-28.744 |
-3.999 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with congestive heart failure, age 18 and over |
-28.659 |
-15.012 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients prescribed statin medication at hospital discharge |
-18.421 |
-7.826 |
2014 |
| Suicide deaths per 100,000 population |
-62.712 |
-78.489 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious |
-13.333 |
-9.806 |
2013 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with pneumonia, age 18 and over |
-12.378 |
-4.955 |
2014 |
| People with current asthma who receive written asthma management plans from their health provider |
-10.099 |
-2.195 |
2013 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional to exercise more |
-12.694 |
-2.770 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain |
-30.556 |
-32.359 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight |
-16.667 |
-15.689 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
-14.189 |
-2.605 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child |
-13.356 |
-3.645 |
2014 |
| Children ages 0-17 who had a wellness checkup in the last 12 months |
-13.690 |
-2.057 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had influenza vaccination during flu season |
-13.477 |
-117.041 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination |
-16.464 |
-192.899 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infection, age 18 and over |
30.196 |
1.165 |
2014 |
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative pneumonia events, age 18 and over |
2.532 |
0.066 |
2013 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
3.651 |
2.135 |
2014 |
| Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence per 1,000 abdominopelvic-surgery admissions of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over |
-9.917 |
-1.025 |
2014 |
| Adult patients receiving knee replacement with adverse events, age 18 and over |
49.462 |
1.200 |
2011 |
| Mechanical adverse events in adult patients receiving central venous catheter placement, age 18 and over |
24.534 |
0.705 |
2014 |
| Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
9.804 |
7.906 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age <18 years |
-3.774 |
-0.447 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
-9.474 |
-4.025 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization, ages 18-89 or obstetric admissions |
8.872 |
6.009 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event to warfarin, age 18 and over |
26.415 |
0.773 |
2013 |
| Hospital patients who received an anticoagulant who had an adverse drug event with intravenous heparin, age 18 and over |
6.369 |
0.309 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event to low-molecular-weight heparin and factor Xa, age 18 and over |
-4.507 |
-0.244 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients who received a hypoglycemic agent who had an adverse drug event with hypoglycemic agents, age 18 and over |
16.005 |
1.305 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly |
0.211 |
1.054 |
2013 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 11 prescription medications that should be avoided in older adults |
-12.500 |
-0.400 |
2012 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 33 potentially inappropriate prescription medications for older adults |
0.847 |
0.064 |
2014 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder |
6.667 |
2.942 |
2013 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say |
18.750 |
1.543 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions |
-1.887 |
-1.387 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, age 18 and over |
-5.466 |
-3.046 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had timely initiation of care |
-3.362 |
-75.186 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
7.167 |
1.609 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
-20.721 |
-1.877 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for pediatric gastroenteritis per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
-0.971 |
-0.075 |
2014 |
| Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) |
-1.754 |
-0.447 |
2013 |
| Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
3.730 |
3.881 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction, age 18 and over |
-8.372 |
-4.558 |
2014 |
| Acute myocardial infarction patients who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival |
10.204 |
0.496 |
2013 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, age 18 and over |
-3.889 |
-0.331 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with coronary artery bypass graft, age 40 and over |
4.373 |
0.711 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with percutaneous coronary intervention, age 40 and over |
3.068 |
1.011 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients who received venous thromboembolism prophylaxis |
2.941 |
1.313 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients with documentation that they or their caregivers were given educational material addressing activation of emergency medical system, followup after discharge, educations prescribed at discharge, risk factors for stroke, warning signs, and symptoms of stroke |
-4.545 |
-2.095 |
2014 |
| End stage renal disease patients age 18 and over who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy |
9.321 |
17.018 |
2014 |
| Dialysis patients under age 70 who were registered on a waiting list for transplantation within a year of initiation |
4.640 |
12.738 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received 2 or more hemoglobin A1c measurements in the calendar year |
28.571 |
1.817 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination in the calendar year |
0.525 |
0.057 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year |
10.178 |
1.333 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diabetes whose condition was diagnosed |
29.412 |
1.195 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had diabetic foot care and patient education-short stay |
1.173 |
24.597 |
2013 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with total cholesterol less than 200 mg/dL |
11.388 |
0.483 |
2012 |
| Children ages 12-17 with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment |
-6.393 |
-0.850 |
2015 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
0.490 |
0.130 |
2015 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
-5.838 |
-2.246 |
2015 |
| Number of discharges from substance abuse treatment for persons age 12 and over and percent who completed treatment |
6.399 |
33.995 |
2012 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adults with chronic joint symptoms who have ever seen a doctor or other health professional for joint symptoms |
4.211 |
0.547 |
2014 |
| Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment |
4.950 |
0.581 |
2012 |
| People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler) |
-2.500 |
-0.785 |
2014 |
| Women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received early and adequate prenatal care |
-2.585 |
-21.573 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-19 with obesity who had been told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight |
6.310 |
0.965 |
2014 |
| Children ages 12-19 with obesity |
15.306 |
0.883 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have |
-1.056 |
-0.277 |
2014 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods |
-0.604 |
-0.163 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about healthy eating |
-7.160 |
-1.317 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased |
-3.409 |
-5.883 |
2013 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder |
-9.354 |
-18.783 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath |
7.761 |
30.431 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less urinary incontinence |
1.141 |
5.571 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in confusion frequency |
0.548 |
2.785 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain |
-5.236 |
-9.806 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less pain when moving around |
0.307 |
1.170 |
2013 |
| Women ages 50-74 who received a mammogram in the last 2 years |
-1.095 |
-0.152 |
2013 |
| Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years |
-4.301 |
-0.638 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high |
-7.407 |
-1.029 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
9.751 |
1.629 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
-17.500 |
-1.781 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of polio vaccine |
25.000 |
1.324 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine |
15.476 |
0.874 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine |
-11.364 |
-0.894 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine |
11.111 |
0.673 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
-11.823 |
-1.342 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
2.404 |
0.192 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-4.242 |
-0.802 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
10.277 |
1.128 |
2014 |
| Adolescent males ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-0.375 |
-0.108 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adolescent males ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-0.130 |
-0.028 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
16.216 |
1.182 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
-7.463 |
-0.545 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6 months to 17 years who received influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-3.750 |
-0.671 |
2014 |
| Children ages 3-5 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider |
-13.994 |
-1.115 |
2014 |
| Children 0-40 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a child safety seat while riding in the car |
-7.242 |
-0.732 |
2014 |
| Children 41-80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a booster seat when riding in the car |
1.664 |
0.305 |
2014 |
| Children over 80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car |
3.791 |
0.794 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle |
3.616 |
1.116 |
2014 |
| People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income |
-10.909 |
-1.800 |
2014 |
| Doctor's office, emergency department, and outpatient department visits where antibiotics were prescribed for a diagnosis of common cold per 10,000 population |
-1.831 |
-0.073 |
2011 |
| Men age 75 and over without prostate cancer who had a PSA test or a digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening within the past year |
-7.487 |
-2.115 |
2010 |
| People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care |
1.980 |
0.194 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care due to financial or insurance reasons |
10.409 |
1.227 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons |
-5.256 |
-1.135 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative sepsis per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions of length 4 or more days, age 18 and over |
14.322 |
5.459 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
59.016 |
16.100 |
2014 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
22.368 |
9.470 |
2014 |
| Postoperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
25.711 |
26.130 |
2014 |
| Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
24.540 |
7.428 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients whose surgical wound was improved |
14.019 |
11.028 |
2013 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with expected low mortality, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
53.333 |
7.155 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them |
37.705 |
2.853 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand |
65.116 |
4.174 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them |
29.070 |
3.101 |
2014 |
| Rating of health care 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months |
37.113 |
4.025 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments |
24.476 |
3.500 |
2014 |
| Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness |
69.767 |
8.485 |
2014 |
| Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying |
17.857 |
6.063 |
2014 |
| Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes |
147.727 |
15.765 |
2014 |
| Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication about discharge information |
13.945 |
23.085 |
2015 |
| Adult hospital patients who strongly disagree or disagree that staff took their preferences and those of their family and caregiver into account when deciding what the patient's discharge health care would be |
48.509 |
47.852 |
2015 |
| Children ages 2-19 with hospital emergency department visit for asthma per 10,000 population |
379.086 |
6.466 |
2012 |
| Hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
338.624 |
15.183 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
167.259 |
15.505 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, ages 6-17 |
58.564 |
2.129 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with long-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
218.393 |
17.016 |
2014 |
| Lower extremity amputations among admissions for diabetes per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
238.007 |
14.406 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 18 to 39 |
211.685 |
14.133 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 2-17 |
303.104 |
7.101 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit and were then hospitalized |
13.068 |
42.710 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, ages 1-17 |
15.336 |
3.472 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who needed urgent, unplanned medical care |
11.321 |
23.534 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital |
22.727 |
102.132 |
2013 |
| Admissions with hypertension per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
426.957 |
19.991 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for dehydration per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
53.474 |
7.918 |
2014 |
| Admissions for angina without cardiac procedure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
115.070 |
8.612 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma per 100,000 population, age 40 and over |
78.449 |
9.396 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
33.467 |
5.499 |
2014 |
| Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis |
71.875 |
9.478 |
2013 |
| Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year |
39.801 |
19.403 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined |
16.667 |
2.971 |
2013 |
| Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
32.624 |
20.572 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for heart failure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
151.492 |
13.873 |
2014 |
| Acute stroke patients for whom IV thrombolytic therapy was initiated at hospital within 3 hours (=180 minutes) of time last known well |
11.500 |
3.128 |
2014 |
| Adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis with Kt/V (K-dialyzer clearance of urea; t-dialysis time; V-patient's total body water) |
14.925 |
35.355 |
2015 |
| Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure |
11.538 |
36.680 |
2011 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year |
23.019 |
2.115 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg |
22.965 |
2.226 |
2014 |
| Adjusted incident rates of end stage renal disease due to diabetes per million population |
193.114 |
73.003 |
2014 |
| HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population |
654.545 |
70.602 |
2014 |
| Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment |
33.876 |
2.741 |
2015 |
| Live-born infants with low birth weight (<2,500 g) |
82.857 |
205.061 |
2014 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weights >2,499 g |
63.158 |
11.767 |
2013 |
| Infants who received breastfeeding through 3 months |
28.277 |
6.376 |
2012 |
| Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking |
23.323 |
2.173 |
2014 |
| Adults age 20 and over with obesity who had been told by a doctor or health professional that they were overweight |
27.273 |
2.980 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-5 with obesity |
100.000 |
2.707 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6-11 with obesity |
57.353 |
2.758 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around |
12.938 |
63.027 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at getting in and out of bed |
11.864 |
57.350 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at bathing |
11.746 |
48.583 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in toileting |
16.107 |
56.180 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended |
15.331 |
69.570 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in upper body dressing |
16.197 |
60.401 |
2013 |
| Breast cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 40 and over |
22.864 |
16.916 |
2013 |
| Cervical cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 20 and over |
26.531 |
8.222 |
2013 |
| Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over |
21.169 |
14.125 |
2013 |
| Adults age 18 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
13.571 |
5.471 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months |
34.520 |
3.927 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for immunization-preventable influenza per 100,000 population, age 65 and over |
27.531 |
3.406 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
37.669 |
5.938 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients who received influenza vaccination |
33.929 |
30.042 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital patients who received pneumococcal immunization |
43.000 |
22.663 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 4 or more doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine |
42.069 |
3.158 |
2014 |
| Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within the past 2 years |
46.575 |
2.150 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year |
23.973 |
4.696 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
44.706 |
37.262 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
74.545 |
40.204 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
55.118 |
68.641 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
56.000 |
68.641 |
2013 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed prescription medicines due to financial or insurance reasons |
16.385 |
2.363 |
2014 |
Asians vs. Whites
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection per 1,000 medical and surgical discharges of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
-19.672 |
-2.910 |
2014 |
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative venous thromboembolic events, age 18 and over |
-94.118 |
-4.396 |
2011 |
| Postoperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
-18.346 |
-7.782 |
2014 |
| Bloodstream infection in adult patients receiving central venous catheter placement, age 18 and over |
-98.601 |
-4.851 |
2011 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection |
-30.882 |
-20.592 |
2013 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder |
-15.556 |
-6.864 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-46.772 |
-7.211 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-70.466 |
-15.814 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with short-term complications per 100,000 population, ages 6-17 |
-87.250 |
-5.571 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with diabetes with long-term complications per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-37.169 |
-4.955 |
2014 |
| Lower extremity amputations among admissions for diabetes per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-42.278 |
-3.317 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 18-39 |
-74.854 |
-18.468 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit and were then hospitalized |
-25.568 |
-40.249 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who needed urgent, unplanned medical care |
-27.358 |
-56.874 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital |
-19.835 |
-36.494 |
2013 |
| Hospital admissions for dehydration per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-48.237 |
-9.220 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma per 100,000 population, age 40 and over |
-51.857 |
-9.123 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-43.767 |
-7.367 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-42.761 |
-7.734 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
-36.898 |
-3.201 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) |
-21.053 |
-3.795 |
2013 |
| Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year |
-42.289 |
-26.879 |
2014 |
| Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
-31.915 |
-20.125 |
2014 |
| Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
-47.086 |
-48.992 |
2014 |
| Adults with hypertension with blood pressure less than 140/90 mm/Hg |
-12.405 |
-1.967 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for heart failure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-27.369 |
-3.333 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, age 18 and over |
-40.142 |
-2.249 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients who received venous thromboembolism prophylaxis |
-29.412 |
-6.537 |
2014 |
| Acute stroke patients for whom IV thrombolytic therapy was initiated at hospital within 3 hours (=180 minutes) of time last known well |
-28.500 |
-3.965 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients prescribed statin medication at hospital discharge |
-42.105 |
-8.677 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients with documentation that they or their caregivers were given educational material addressing activation of emergency medical system, followup after discharge, medications prescribed at discharge, risk factors for stroke, warning signs, and symptoms of stroke |
-16.667 |
-3.595 |
2014 |
| Adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis with Kt/V (K-dialyzer clearance of urea; t-dialysis time; V-patient's total body water) |
-17.910 |
-42.426 |
2015 |
| Dialysis patients under age 70 who were registered on a waiting list for transplantation within a year of initiation |
-10.501 |
-11.549 |
2014 |
| HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population |
-72.727 |
-28.284 |
2014 |
| Suicide deaths per 100,000 population |
-58.757 |
-46.510 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious |
-33.333 |
-12.438 |
2013 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weights >2,499 g |
-42.105 |
-7.845 |
2013 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have |
-15.845 |
-2.155 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased |
-17.614 |
-10.310 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain |
-68.519 |
-36.816 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight |
-20.833 |
-9.950 |
2013 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder |
-18.040 |
-15.885 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended |
-22.300 |
-48.658 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain |
-43.979 |
-41.792 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less pain when moving around |
-14.417 |
-25.756 |
2013 |
| Breast cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 40 and over |
-26.559 |
-16.910 |
2013 |
| Cervical cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 20 and over |
-15.306 |
-3.638 |
2013 |
| Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over |
-21.485 |
-11.928 |
2013 |
| Hospital patients who received pneumococcal immunization |
-12.000 |
-2.896 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine |
-41.667 |
-2.692 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine |
-44.444 |
-3.077 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
-30.049 |
-2.411 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
-38.629 |
-2.690 |
2011 |
| Children ages 6 months to 17 years who received influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-22.292 |
-2.892 |
2014 |
| Children ages 3-5 who ever had their vision checked by a health provider |
-39.894 |
-2.917 |
2013 |
| Children ages 0-17 who had a wellness checkup in the last 12 months |
-20.238 |
-2.028 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infection, age 18 and over |
46.939 |
1.123 |
2011 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation per 1,000 surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
8.333 |
1.699 |
2014 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
4.762 |
1.140 |
2014 |
| Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions, age 18 and over |
1.840 |
0.268 |
2014 |
| Postoperative hip fracture per 1,000 surgical admissions who were not susceptible to falling, age 18 and over |
1900.000 |
0.950 |
2014 |
| Reclosure of postoperative abdominal wound dehiscence per 1,000 abdominopelvic-surgery admissions of length 2 or more days, age 18 and over |
19.008 |
0.985 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age <18 years |
-7.547 |
-0.485 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization, ages 18-89 or obstetric admissions |
-2.898 |
-1.075 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with expected low mortality, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions |
30.000 |
1.765 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients with an anticoagulant-related adverse drug event to low-molecular-weight heparin and factor Xa, age 18 and over |
51.410 |
1.353 |
2011 |
| Hospital patients who received a hypoglycemic agent who had an adverse drug event with hypoglycemic agents, age 18 and over |
6.470 |
0.218 |
2014 |
| Birth trauma-injury to neonate per 1,000 live births |
-9.950 |
-0.629 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 33 potentially inappropriate prescription medications for older adults |
-27.119 |
-1.657 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say |
31.250 |
1.437 |
2014 |
| Rating of health care 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months |
30.928 |
1.819 |
2014 |
| People with a usual source of care who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments |
16.783 |
1.486 |
2014 |
| Adult hospital patients who sometimes or never had good communication about medications they received in the hospital |
-0.490 |
-0.447 |
2015 |
| Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time |
-3.125 |
-0.493 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions |
1.887 |
0.447 |
2013 |
| Adult hospital patients who strongly disagree or disagree that staff took their preferences and those of their family and caregiver into account when deciding what the patient's discharge health care would be |
-1.392 |
-0.868 |
2015 |
| People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors |
14.925 |
1.156 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for asthma per 100,000 population, ages 2-17 |
-13.157 |
-0.780 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, age 18 and over |
-4.965 |
-2.045 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with perforations or abscesses of appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis, ages 1-17 |
-0.590 |
-0.110 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had timely initiation of care |
-0.759 |
-7.730 |
2013 |
| Admissions with hypertension per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-5.217 |
-0.553 |
2014 |
| Admissions for angina without cardiac procedure per 100,000 population, age 18 and over |
-9.681 |
-0.899 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for pediatric gastroenteritis per 100,000 population, ages 3 months to 17 years |
-25.258 |
-1.443 |
2014 |
| Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis |
6.250 |
0.588 |
2013 |
| Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined |
1.042 |
0.108 |
2013 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction, age 18 and over |
4.644 |
1.435 |
2014 |
| Acute myocardial infarction patients who received fibrinolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival |
-33.021 |
-1.767 |
2011 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with congestive heart failure, age 18 and over |
-3.049 |
-0.668 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with coronary artery bypass graft, age 40 and over |
-2.417 |
-0.257 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with percutaneous coronary intervention, age 40 and over |
-7.245 |
-1.470 |
2014 |
| End stage renal disease patients age 18 and over who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy |
3.002 |
2.766 |
2014 |
| Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure |
2.404 |
3.084 |
2011 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year |
26.972 |
1.960 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had diabetic foot care and patient education-short stay |
2.559 |
23.534 |
2013 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes with blood pressure less than 130/80 mm Hg |
-20.668 |
-1.527 |
2014 |
| Adults with chronic joint symptoms who have ever seen a doctor or other health professional for joint symptoms |
3.860 |
0.282 |
2014 |
| Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment |
-15.842 |
-0.814 |
2012 |
| People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler) |
3.081 |
0.523 |
2013 |
| People with current asthma who receive written asthma management plans from their health provider |
7.616 |
1.017 |
2013 |
| Women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received early and adequate prenatal care |
0.940 |
7.845 |
2014 |
| Infants who received breastfeeding through 3 months |
3.003 |
0.395 |
2012 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Children ages 2-5 with obesity |
-3.846 |
-0.083 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6-11 with obesity |
-27.941 |
-1.344 |
2014 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional to exercise more |
5.959 |
0.474 |
2014 |
| Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health professional about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods |
11.268 |
1.031 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about healthy eating |
-14.568 |
-1.527 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around |
5.930 |
12.056 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at getting in and out of bed |
9.201 |
19.755 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at bathing |
8.889 |
16.220 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath |
1.493 |
2.357 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less urinary incontinence |
5.894 |
11.784 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in confusion frequency |
6.947 |
15.618 |
2013 |
| Women ages 50-74 who received a mammogram in the last 2 years |
1.460 |
0.133 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high |
19.753 |
1.873 |
2014 |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
-8.784 |
-1.207 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-3.442 |
-0.242 |
2014 |
| Adult age 18 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-0.357 |
-0.087 |
2014 |
| Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months |
-14.947 |
-1.249 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions for immunization-preventable influenza per 100,000 population, age 65 and over |
-15.949 |
-1.531 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
-5.000 |
-1.506 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 4 or more doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine |
-14.483 |
-0.910 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of polio vaccine |
-3.125 |
-0.107 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine |
-23.864 |
-1.124 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-4.697 |
-0.586 |
2014 |
| Adolescent females ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
0.348 |
0.023 |
2011 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
18.018 |
0.675 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
-31.288 |
-1.566 |
2013 |
| Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within the past 2 years |
0.000 |
0.000 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year |
-1.370 |
-0.146 |
2014 |
| Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child |
7.534 |
1.150 |
2014 |
| Children 0-40 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a child safety seat while riding in the car |
21.448 |
1.440 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Children 41-80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a booster seat when riding in the car |
-9.817 |
-1.008 |
2014 |
| Children over 80 lb for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using lap or shoulder belts when riding in a car |
-2.686 |
-0.340 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle |
-9.434 |
-1.460 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
4.706 |
1.990 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had influenza vaccination during flu season |
0.809 |
3.288 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination |
-4.993 |
-24.450 |
2013 |
| People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income |
-10.909 |
-1.182 |
2014 |
| Men age 75 and over without prostate cancer who had a PSA test or a digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening within the past year |
-3.075 |
-0.467 |
2010 |
| People without a usual source of care who indicate a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care |
-17.327 |
-1.282 |
2014 |
| People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons |
-1.540 |
-0.201 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Postoperative sepsis per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions of length 4 or more days, age 18 and over |
26.654 |
4.548 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients whose surgical wound was improved |
10.280 |
3.309 |
2013 |
| Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
26.667 |
9.617 |
2014 |
| Hospital admissions with iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, age 18 and over |
16.842 |
3.881 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients who received an anticoagulant who had an adverse drug event with intravenous heparin, age 18 and over |
86.916 |
2.005 |
2011 |
| Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly |
10.970 |
25.712 |
2013 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance |
76.132 |
11.365 |
2014 |
| Obstetric trauma per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries |
34.365 |
4.817 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained |
42.857 |
5.883 |
2013 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them |
42.623 |
2.055 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand |
74.419 |
2.587 |
2014 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them |
45.349 |
2.365 |
2014 |
| Adults with limited English proficiency who had usual source of care |
25.979 |
3.432 |
2014 |
| Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness |
130.233 |
7.980 |
2014 |
| Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying |
49.286 |
7.620 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes |
222.727 |
12.155 |
2014 |
| Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication about discharge information |
14.136 |
12.166 |
2015 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received 2 or more hemoglobin A1c measurements in the calendar year |
110.714 |
3.981 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination in the calendar year |
31.234 |
2.054 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year |
65.660 |
2.802 |
2014 |
| Adults age 40 and over with diabetes whose condition was diagnosed |
80.392 |
2.463 |
2014 |
| Adjusted incident rates of end stage renal disease due to diabetes per million population |
58.308 |
19.939 |
2014 |
| Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with pneumonia, age 18 and over |
10.234 |
2.172 |
2014 |
| Live-born infants with low birth weight (<2,500 g) |
15.714 |
10.786 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in toileting |
23.826 |
35.107 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in upper body dressing |
20.423 |
31.784 |
2013 |
| Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years |
58.602 |
5.471 |
2013 |
| Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
41.734 |
4.535 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients who received influenza vaccination |
16.071 |
5.947 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
14.545 |
3.980 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
37.008 |
23.383 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
48.800 |
30.349 |
2013 |
Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders vs. Whites
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection |
-23.5294 |
-3.12481 |
2013 |
| Adult hospital patients who sometimes or never had good communication about medications they received in the hospital |
-23.6043 |
-8.90154 |
2015 |
| Stroke patients prescribed statin medication at hospital discharge |
-34.2105 |
-2.19834 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had diabetic foot care and patient education - short stay |
-16.129 |
-3.19136 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose depression or anxiety increased |
-28 |
-3.42545 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities increased |
-17.6136 |
-3.35689 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with moderate to severe pain |
-27.7778 |
-3.66089 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with too much weight loss |
-17.7083 |
-2.76303 |
2013 |
| Low-risk, long-stay nursing home residents with loss of control of bowels or bladder |
-11.5813 |
-2.88444 |
2013 |
| Hospital patients who received pneumococcal immunization |
-34 |
-4.40224 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine |
-76.0417 |
-5.09854 |
2013 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 who received 1 or more doses of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) since the age of 10 years |
-53.3742 |
-2.16087 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Home health care patients whose surgical wound was improved |
14.95327 |
1.718136 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients whose management of oral medications improved |
9.2827 |
7.016182 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with physical restraints |
21.42857 |
0.981439 |
2013 |
| Low-risk, long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in the bladder |
22.22222 |
1.957171 |
2013 |
| Hospital patients with heart failure discharged home with written instructions or educational material |
-3.77358 |
-0.41523 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit and were then hospitalized |
-1.70455 |
-0.7315 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who received urgent, unplanned medical care |
0.471698 |
0.242689 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital |
0 |
0 |
2013 |
| Stroke patients who received venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis |
0 |
0 |
2014 |
| Acute stroke patients for whom IV thrombolytic therapy was initiated at hospital within 3 hours (less than or equal to 180 minutes) of time last known well |
-3 |
-0.1184 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients whose ability to walk or move around improved |
7.008086 |
4.176052 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients whose ability to get in and out of bed improved |
2.905569 |
1.921736 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients whose shortness of breath decreased |
-3.58209 |
-1.65887 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients whose urinary incontinence decreased |
1.330798 |
0.843607 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care |
-3.48432 |
-2.37826 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in confusion frequency |
4.204753 |
2.793028 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents with moderate to severe pain |
-9.42408 |
-2.19037 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients whose pain when moving around decreased |
-2.14067 |
-1.12235 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
-6.75676 |
-0.25507 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital patients who received influenza vaccination |
12.5 |
1.889134 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of polio vaccine |
23.4375 |
0.412705 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine |
10.71429 |
0.198777 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine |
-26.6667 |
-0.81555 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 who received 1 or more doses of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) since the age of 10 years |
-44.1441 |
-1.55185 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication about discharge information |
12.51194 |
3.962426 |
2015 |
| Adult hospital patients who strongly disagree or disagree that staff took their preferences and those of their family and caregiver into account when deciding what the patient's discharge health care would be |
15.70577 |
3.288813 |
2015 |
| Home health patients who had timely initiation of care |
34.61538 |
8.877545 |
2013 |
| Stroke patients with documentation that they or their caregivers were given educational material addressing activation of emergency medical system, followup after discharge, medications prescribed at discharge, risk factors for stroke, warning signs and symptoms of stroke |
40.90909 |
2.450902 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients whose bathing improved |
12.06349 |
7.158353 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in toileting |
19.12752 |
9.15342 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in upper body dressing |
15.49296 |
7.114378 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high |
95.06173 |
2.131501 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home patients who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
18.82353 |
2.236099 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed for pneumococcal vaccination |
23.63636 |
2.120514 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home patients who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
20.47244 |
3.612611 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who were assessed for pneumococcal vaccination |
22.4 |
4.539342 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had influenza vaccination during flu season |
13.95349 |
5.820855 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination |
16.21622 |
10.15741 |
2013 |
American Indians and Alaska Natives vs. Whites
| Table Title for Measures Better Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adult surgery patients with postoperative venous thromboembolic events, age 18 and over |
-94.118 |
-4.396 |
2011 |
| Adult hospital patients who sometimes or never had good communication about medications they received in the hospital |
-19.393 |
-11.567 |
2015 |
| Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year |
-46.269 |
-11.535 |
2014 |
| Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
-21.986 |
-5.096 |
2014 |
| Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
-35.198 |
-15.025 |
2014 |
| Adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis with Kt/V (K-dialyzer clearance of urea; t-dialysis time; V-patient's total body water) |
-20.896 |
-13.728 |
2015 |
| Suicide deaths per 100,000 population |
-25.424 |
-7.398 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious |
-24.000 |
-5.987 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who lose too much weight |
-11.458 |
-2.747 |
2013 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder |
-19.154 |
-9.497 |
2013 |
| Breast cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 40 and over |
-40.185 |
-12.304 |
2013 |
| Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over |
-14.376 |
-3.121 |
2013 |
| Children who had their height and weight measured by a health provider within the past 2 years |
-65.753 |
-2.863 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Hospital patients who received a hypoglycemic agent who had an adverse drug event with hypoglycemic agents, age 18 and over |
58.889 |
1.425 |
2012 |
| Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly |
6.962 |
6.588 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained |
-7.143 |
-0.498 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection |
0.000 |
0.000 |
2013 |
| Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder |
6.667 |
0.998 |
2013 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully to them |
71.233 |
1.439 |
2013 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never explained things in a way they could understand |
67.606 |
1.406 |
2009 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never showed respect for what they had to say |
57.971 |
1.240 |
2009 |
| Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers sometimes or never spent enough time with them |
16.162 |
0.481 |
2013 |
| People with a usual source of care who sometimes or never asked person to help make decisions when there was a choice between treatments |
-4.516 |
-0.177 |
2013 |
| Hospice patient caregivers who perceived patient was referred to hospice at the right time |
9.375 |
0.896 |
2014 |
| Family caregivers who did not want more information about what to expect while the patient was dying |
12.143 |
1.412 |
2014 |
| Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication about discharge information |
9.265 |
5.077 |
2015 |
| Home health patients who had timely initiation of care |
-3.037 |
-13.318 |
2013 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) |
5.263 |
0.214 |
2013 |
| Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis |
57.292 |
1.308 |
2013 |
| Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined |
2.083 |
0.067 |
2013 |
| Acute stroke patients for whom IV thrombolytic therapy was initiated at hospital within 3 hours (=180 minutes) of time last known well |
21.000 |
0.968 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients prescribed statin medication at hospital discharge |
10.526 |
0.665 |
2014 |
| Stroke patients with documentation that they or their caregivers were given educational material addressing activation of emergency medical system, followup after discharge, medications prescribed at discharge, risk factors for stroke, warning signs, and symptoms of stroke |
16.667 |
1.306 |
2014 |
| End stage renal disease patients age 18 and over who saw a nephrologist at least 12 months prior to initiation of renal replacement therapy |
9.953 |
4.367 |
2014 |
| Home health patients who had diabetic foot care and patient education-short stay |
0.640 |
2.301 |
2013 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
5.366 |
1.075 |
2009 |
| People age 12 and over who needed treatment for an alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility in the last 12 months |
-2.378 |
-0.880 |
2015 |
| Adults with chronic joint symptoms who have ever seen a doctor or other health professional for joint symptoms |
-20.702 |
-1.022 |
2014 |
| Live-born infants with low birth weight (<2,500 g) |
8.571 |
5.883 |
2014 |
| Women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received early and adequate prenatal care |
2.938 |
12.438 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about the amount and kind of exercise, sports, or physically active hobbies they should have |
-13.073 |
-1.082 |
2013 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about healthy eating |
-8.511 |
-0.504 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at getting in and out of bed |
5.327 |
4.878 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased |
-4.545 |
-1.599 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less urinary incontinence |
1.141 |
0.966 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in confusion frequency |
-1.645 |
-1.522 |
2013 |
| Women ages 50-74 who received a mammogram in the last 2 years |
2.190 |
0.088 |
2013 |
| Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years |
-3.763 |
-0.187 |
2013 |
| Cervical cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 women age 20 and over |
-11.224 |
-1.215 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high |
44.444 |
1.278 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-20.459 |
-1.001 |
2014 |
| Adult age 18 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
-2.143 |
-0.242 |
2014 |
| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
-4.643 |
-1.282 |
2014 |
| Table Title for Measures Same as Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
16.260 |
0.728 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 4 or more doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine |
23.448 |
0.780 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of polio vaccine |
10.938 |
0.238 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine |
-17.857 |
-0.567 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 3 or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine |
-36.364 |
-1.305 |
2014 |
| Children ages 19-35 months who received 1 or more doses of varicella vaccine |
-16.667 |
-0.567 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
-8.597 |
-0.383 |
2013 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
17.757 |
0.546 |
2011 |
| Adolescent females ages 13-15 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-2.718 |
-0.253 |
2011 |
| Adolescent females ages 16-17 years who received 3 or more doses of human papillomavirus vaccine |
-0.871 |
-0.040 |
2011 |
| Adolescents ages 13-15 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
18.018 |
0.450 |
2014 |
| Adolescents ages 16-17 years who received 1 or more doses of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine |
-29.851 |
-1.024 |
2014 |
| Children ages 6 months to 17 years who received influenza vaccination in the past 12 months |
7.292 |
0.538 |
2014 |
| Children ages 2-17 who had a dental visit in the calendar year |
-27.273 |
-1.502 |
2013 |
| Children for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about how smoking in the house can be bad for a child |
-21.658 |
-1.818 |
2013 |
| Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice within the past 2 years about using a helmet when riding a bicycle or motorcycle |
6.042 |
0.562 |
2013 |
| Children ages 0-17 who had a wellness checkup in the last 12 months |
34.524 |
1.340 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
9.412 |
1.998 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had influenza vaccination during flu season |
-4.447 |
-8.027 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination |
-6.208 |
-14.347 |
2013 |
| People under age 65 whose family's health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenditures were more than 10% of total family income |
-6.667 |
-0.272 |
2014 |
| Men age 75 and over without prostate cancer who had a PSA test or a digital rectal exam for prostate cancer screening within the past year |
-7.754 |
-0.863 |
2010 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
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| Home health care patients whose surgical wound was improved |
31.776 |
4.991 |
2013 |
| Rating of health care 0-6 on a scale from 0 to 10 (best grade) by adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months |
140.000 |
2.691 |
2013 |
| Hospice patients who received the right amount of help for feelings of anxiety or sadness |
47.674 |
2.727 |
2014 |
| Hospice patients who received care consistent with their stated end-of-life wishes |
147.727 |
6.468 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions |
73.585 |
8.268 |
2013 |
| Adult hospital patients who strongly disagree or disagree that staff took their preferences and those of their family and caregiver into account when deciding what the patient's discharge health care would be |
39.761 |
13.304 |
2015 |
| Table Title for Measures Worse Than Reference |
Relative Difference |
Z Score |
Data Year |
|---|
| People with a usual source of care who usually asks about prescription medications and treatments from other doctors |
93.532 |
2.599 |
2014 |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit and were then hospitalized |
21.591 |
13.537 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who needed urgent, unplanned medical care |
23.585 |
16.630 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital |
23.554 |
18.349 |
2013 |
| Stroke patients who received venous thromboembolism prophylaxis |
35.294 |
2.396 |
2014 |
| Dialysis patients under age 70 who were registered on a waiting list for transplantation within a year of initiation |
11.111 |
10.108 |
2014 |
| Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure |
12.500 |
13.613 |
2011 |
| Adjusted incident rates of end stage renal disease due to diabetes per million population |
116.018 |
14.727 |
2014 |
| Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment |
134.653 |
3.293 |
2012 |
| Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, birth weights >2,499 g |
100.000 |
6.319 |
2013 |
| Infants who received breastfeeding through 3 months |
39.827 |
3.388 |
2012 |
| Home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around |
11.860 |
10.208 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who get better at bathing |
10.476 |
8.027 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in toileting |
11.745 |
7.130 |
2013 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain |
32.407 |
5.830 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath |
13.134 |
8.784 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care ended |
20.209 |
18.090 |
2013 |
| Home health patients who had improvement in upper body dressing |
14.437 |
9.297 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain |
20.419 |
6.496 |
2013 |
| Home health care patients who have less pain when moving around |
11.963 |
8.843 |
2013 |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
55.405 |
2.264 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients who received influenza vaccination |
182.143 |
36.336 |
2014 |
| Hospital patients who received pneumococcal immunization |
37.000 |
8.721 |
2014 |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
49.091 |
6.742 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
29.921 |
7.594 |
2013 |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination |
48.800 |
15.231 |
2013 |
Page last reviewed June 2018
Page originally created June 2017
Internet Citation: Appendix B: Trends in Access, Quality and Disparities for Measures in 2016 Report. Content last reviewed June 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr16/appendixb4_qualitytrends.html
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