AHRQ's Quality Indicators
The AHRQ QIs are organized into three modules.
Each module includes area-level indicators that report performance throughout a geographic area, such as a county or metropolitan statistical area. These area-level indicators are not included in the MHA Hospital Performance Project because the focus of this project is to report indicators pertinent to individual hospital-specific inpatient quality of care. The IQIs and PSIs also include provider-level indicators that reflect care provided within the hospital setting.
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.