Gains in Patient Activation Measure (PAM®) Scores at 12 Months
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of patients who achieve a 3-point increase in their Patient Activation Measure® (PAM®) survey score within 12 months. The outcome measure demonstrates how a clinician group performed in providing best care to its patients by quantifying the proportion of patients who had at least a 3-point score change.
Numerator
The count of eligible patients in a clinician group who had an increase of PAM survey score of at least 3 points, based on the difference between the baseline PAM survey and a second score taken between 6-12 months of the baseline.
Denominator
Eligible patients with two PAM scores no less than 6 months and not more than 12 months apart who were seen for a qualifying visit at least once during the performance period. Clinician groups would need to have two PAM scores on a minimum of 50 patients.
Exclusions
Diagnosis of Dementia, Huntington's disease, cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Administrative Data, Electronic Health Records, Paper Patient Medical Records and Patient-Reported Data and/or Survey Data.