Opioid Withdrawal: Initiation of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Referral to Outpatient Opioid Treatment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of Patients Presenting with Opioid Withdrawal Who Were Given Medication-Assisted Treatment and Referred to Outpatient Opioid Treatment
Numerator
Patients Who Were Given Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and, at Time of Discharge to Home or Home Health, Referred to Outpatient Opioid Treatment
Denominator
Any patient greater than or equal to 18 years of age evaluated by the Eligible Professional with diagnosis of opioid abuse or dependence with withdrawal (Transferred, eloped, AMA or expired patients are excluded)
Exclusions
Medical Performance Exclusion (Denominator Exception): Refusal of care, allergy to medicine, altered mental status, Buprenorphine or Methadone not clinically indicated
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
E-CPR (Emergency - Clinical Performance Registry) - Facility discharge data; EHR; Paper medical record; Record review: EHR: Demographics; Medical history; Discharge status; Orders; Diagnostic results; Medications; Procedures; Clinician narrative
Emergency and Acute Care Clinical Registry (EACCR) in collaboration with Healthmonix - EHR; Paper medical record; Registry; Other: EHR: Medical history, Registry: EACCR, Other: Clinical, CPTs, diagnoses, demographics, medical history, EACCR, EACCR
H-CPR (Hospitalist –Clinical Performance Registry) - Facility discharge data; EHR; Paper medical record; Record review: EHR: Demographics; Medical history; Discharge status; Orders; Diagnostic results; Medications; Procedures; Clinician narrative
The PQR - Administrative claims data; Hybrid; Other: Other: Record Review, Medical Record