Evaluation of Cognitive Function for Home-Based Primary Care and Palliative Care Patients
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of actively enrolled home-based primary care and palliative care patients who received an assessment of their cognitive ability.
Numerator
Number of newly enrolled (and established) home-based primary care and palliative care patients for whom cognitive assessment was performed (annually).
Denominator
Total number of newly enrolled and established (and active) home-based primary care and palliative care patients.
Exclusions
Most recent new patient encounter (with subsequent established patient encounter) occurs within the last 90 days of the measurement period. Documentation of medical reason(s) for not assessing cognition (eg, patient with very advanced stage dementia, other medical reason) or Documentation of patient reason(s) for not assessing cognition.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Standardised clinical data