Inpatient Quality Indicators
The IQIs focus on health care provided within the inpatient hospital setting and include volume, mortality and utilization indicators.
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The volume indicators are in areas for which a link has been demonstrated between the number of procedures performed and outcomes. The volume indicators are not reported as part of the MHA Hospital Performance Project.
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The mortality measures examine outcomes following procedures and for common medical conditions. The mortality measures are reported as part of the MHA Hospital Performance Project, with the exception of esophageal resection mortality, pancreatic resection mortality, abdominal aortic aneurysm mortality and pediatric heart surgery mortality because of the low volume of such procedures performed in the state, which limits adequate analysis.
- The utilization measures examine procedures for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse and misuse and are included in the MHA Hospital Performance Project.
AHRQ IQIs Used for the MHA Hospital Performance Project
- coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) mortality rate (IQI 12)
- percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) mortality rate (IQI 30)
- carotid endarterectomy mortality rate (IQI 31)
- craniotomy mortality rate (IQI 13)
- hip replacement mortality rate (IQI 14)
- acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality rate (IQI 15)
- congestive heart failure (CHF) mortality rate (IQI 16)
- acute stroke mortality rate (IQI 17)
- gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage mortality rate (IQI 18)
- hip fracture mortality rate (IQI 19)
- pneumonia mortality rate (IQI 20)
- Cesarean section delivery rate (IQI 21)
- vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) rate (IQI 22)
- laparoscopic cholecystectomy rate (IQI 23)
- incidental appendectomy among the elderly rate (IQI 24)
- bilateral cardiac catheterization rate (IQI 25)