Percent of Residents Who Received an Antipsychotic Medication
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of long-stay residents who are receiving antipsychotic drugs in the target period.
Numerator
Long-stay residents with a selected target assessment where the following condition is true: antipsychotic medications received.
Denominator
Long-stay nursing home residents with a selected target assessment except those with exclusions.
Exclusions
Any of the following related conditions are present on the target assessment: Schizophrenia, Tourette's syndrome, Huntington's disease.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Nursing Home Care Comparison publicly reported on CMS website of all Medicare and Medicaid US nursing homes. Reports the average adjusted QM values for most recent three quarters. Quality measure reports available at national, state, facility and resident level (providers only). Five-star quality rating system (n=9 QIs) available publicly online.