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National Quality Strategy Priority
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Measure Focus
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Measure Name/Description
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Baseline Rate
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Most Recent rate
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Aspirational target
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Making Care Safer
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Hospital-Acquired Conditions
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Incidence of measurable hospital-acquired conditions
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145 HACs
per 1,000 admissions
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142 HACs per 1,000 admissions in 2011
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Reduce preventable HACs by 40% by the end of 2014
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Hospital
Readmissions
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All-payer 30-day readmission rate
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14.4%,
based on
32.9 million admissions
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14.4%, based on 32.7 million admissions in 2011
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Reduce all readmissions by 20% by the end of 2014
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Person- and Family-Centered Care
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Timely Care
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Adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted
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14.1%
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Update available in Fall 2013
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Reduce to <10% by 2017
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Decisionmaking
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People with a usual source of care whose health care providers sometimes or never discuss decisions with them
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15.9%
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Update available in Fall 2013
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Reduce to <10% by 2017
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Effective Communication and Care Coordination
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Patient-Centered Medical Home
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Percentage of children needing care coordination who receive effective care coordination
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69%
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66.1%
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Increase to 90% by 2017
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3-item Care Transition Measure
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• During this hospital stay, staff took my preferences and those of my family or caregiver into account in deciding what my health care needs would be when I left
• When I left the hospital, I had a good understanding of the things I was responsible for in managing my health
• When I left the hospital, I clearly understood the purpose for taking each of my medications
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45%
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Update available in Fall 2013
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Increase to 50% by 2017
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Prevention and Treatment of Leading Causes of Mortality
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Aspirin Use
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Outpatient visits at which adults with cardiovascular disease are prescribed/maintained on aspirin
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47%
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53%
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Increase to 65% by 2017
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Blood Pressure Control
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Adults with hypertension who have adequately controlled blood pressure
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46%
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53%
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Increase to 65% by 2017
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Cholesterol
Management
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Adults with high cholesterol who have adequate control
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33%
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32%
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Increase to 65% by 2017
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Smoking Cessation
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Outpatient visits at which current tobacco users received tobacco cessation counseling or cessation medications
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23%
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22%
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Increase to 65% by 2017
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Health and Well-Being of Communities
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Depression
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Percentage of adults who reported symptoms of a major depressive episode (MDE) in the last 12 months who received treatment for depression in the last 12 months
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68.2%
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68.1% for 2011
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Increase to 78.2% by 2020
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Obesity
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Proportion of adults who are obese
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35.7%
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Update available in 2014
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Reduce to 30.5% by 2020
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Making Quality Care More Affordable
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Out-of-Pocket Expenses
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Percentage of people under 65 with out-of-pocket medical and premium expenses greater than 10 percent of income
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18.5%
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Update available in Fall 2013
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See footnote 1
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Health Spending
per Capita
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Annual all payer health-care spending per person
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$8,402
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$8,680 per person in 2011
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See footnote 1
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