Hypnotic

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Nursing Home Minimum Data Set (MDS) Resident Assessment Instrument Based Quality Measures
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Interventions to Promote Cognition, Independence and Wellbeing

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percent of long-stay nursing home residents administered and received hypnotic within the past 7 days

Numerator

Number of long-stay nursing home residents administered and received hypnotic within the past 7 days

Denominator

Number of long-stay nursing home residents

Exclusions

Residents with Schizophrenia, Tourette's syndrome, Huntington's disease,

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Nursing Home Minimum Data Set (MDS) Resident Assessment Instrument

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Gerlach, L. B., Fashaw, S., Strominger, J., Ogarek, J., Zullo, A. R., Daiello, L. A., . . . Bynum, J. P. W. (2021). Trends in antipsychotic prescribing among long-term care residents receiving hospice care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(8), 2152-2162. www.cms.gov/medicare/quality-initiatives-patient-assessment-instruments/nursinghomequalityinits/nhqiqualitymeasures

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025