NQMC Update Service: March 4, 2013 ► Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

NQMC Update Service: March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

New This Week

NQMC Update Service: March 4, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 03/04/2013 12:00 PM EST

March 4, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Asthma: hospital admission rate in younger adults. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Bacterial pneumonia: hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma: hospital admission rate for older adults. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Coronary artery disease: angina without procedure hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Dehydration: hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for long-term complications. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for short-term complications. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission rate for uncontrolled diabetes. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diabetes mellitus: lower-extremity amputation rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Heart failure: hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Hypertension: hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Low birth weight: rate of infants with low birth weight. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Perforated appendix: hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Urinary tract infection: hospital admission rate. This updates a previously published measure summary.