Application of Percent of Long-Term Care Hospital Patients With an Admission and Discharge Functional Assessment and a Care Plan That Addresses Function
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of home health quality episodes in which patients' mobility and self-care functional status was documented and at least one discharge goal was recorded.
Numerator
Number of home health quality episodes with functional assessment data for each self-care and mobility activity and at least one self-care or mobility goal.
Denominator
Number home health quality episodes ending with discharge, death, or transfer to inpatient facility during the reporting period, other than those covered by generic exclusions.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS). Entry of home health service and the last 5 days of every 60 day period beginning with the start of care date.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Home Health Quality Reporting (CMS and providers) CMS Care Compare - Home health services and CMS Provider Compare (CMS, providers and publicly reported).