Percentage of cancer patients 18 years of age or older receiving outpatient chemotherapy who have an admission or emergency department (ED) visit for nausea, emesis, anaemia, neutropenic fever, diarrhoea, dehydration, or pain.

Cancer patients 18 years of age or older undergoing outpatient chemotherapy treatment who were admitted to an inpatient setting or ED with one of the following principal diagnoses during the course of treatment: Nausea Emesis Anaemia Neutropenic fever Diarrhoea Dehydration Pain Two rates are reported for this measure: 1) Percent of patients admitted to the ED 2) Percent of patients admitted to the inpatient hospital setting

Patients aged 18 years and older as of the start of the measurement period with a principal diagnosis of cancer who received at least one outpatient chemotherapy treatment at the reporting facility during the intake period.

Patients with hematologic cancer during the intake period. Patients receiving inpatient chemotherapy during the intake period.

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Claims data

Prospective Payment System-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program (CMS and Providers)

Gidwani-Marszowski, R., Faricy-Anderson, K., Asch, S.M., Illarmo, S., Ananth, L. and Patel, M.I. (2020), Potentially avoidable hospitalizations after chemotherapy: Differences across medicare and the Veterans Health Administration. Cancer, 126: 3297-3302. doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32896

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