Monitoring of Low-Risk Hypertension Patients
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of low-risk hypertension patients with; (1) determined glucose or glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), (2) counselling of the family nurse performed once a year in the reviewed year, (3) total serum cholesterol in the blood serum determined for at least 1 x 3 years.
Numerator
The number of low-risk hypertension patients who have glucose and total cholesterol in the blood serum determined and a family nurse's consultation performed.
Denominator
All patients with a diagnosis of I10-I15 (ODC -10 codes) and marked with Grade 1 in the list of patients with chronical illnesses forwarded by the Health Insurance Fund in the current (reviewed) year and approved by the family physician.
Exclusions
The following cases are excluded; if according to the population register, the person has left Estonia (lives abroad) or the corresponding diagnosis of chronic illness is on the treatment invoice only with the extension "0 - diagnosis unspecified".
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Estonian Health Insurance Fund database
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Merilind et al. Pay for performance of Estonian family doctors and impact of different practice- and patient-related characteristics on a good outcome: A quantitative assessment