Receipt of ≥1 LDL Cholesterol
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Diabetes Monitoring in Older Adults with Co-Morbid Dementia based on claims and enrollment data
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Managing Other Long-Term Conditions
Defining Attributes
Definition
Receipt of ≥1 LDL cholesterol
Numerator
Number of patients who received at least one LDL cholesterol test
Denominator
Number of patients
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Chronic Conditions Warehouse (CCW) claims and enrolment data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Thorpe, C. T., Thorpe, J. M., Kind, A. J. H., Bartels, C. M., Everett, C. M., & Smith, M. A. (2012). Receipt of monitoring of diabetes mellitus in older adults with comorbid dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60(4), 644-651. doi.org/https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03907.x
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
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Date Modified 02 December 2025