Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counselling
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This indicator evaluates the proportion of people who were screened for unhealthy alcohol use and whether they undertook counselling for alcohol use.
Numerator
Patients who were screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method at least once within the last 12 months.
Denominator
All patients aged 18 years and older seen for at least two visits or at least one preventive visit during the measurement period who were screened for unhealthy alcohol use and identified as an unhealthy alcohol user.
Exclusions
Patients with dementia any time during the patient's history through the end of the measurement period (M1164) or patients who use hospice services any time during the measurement period (M1165).
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System traditional reporting
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System