Percent of Residents With Pressure Ulcers
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of long-stay, high-risk residents with Stage II-IV or unstageable pressure ulcers.
Numerator
All long-stay residents with a selected target assessment that has stage II-IV or unstageable pressure ulcers present.
Denominator
All long-stay residents with a selected target assessment, except those with exclusions.
Exclusions
Target assessment is an OBRA Admission assessment or 5-Day assessment.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Impaired functional ability (lying to sitting on side of bed), bowel incontinence, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, low BMI, malnutrition or risk of malnutrition, dehydrated, infections (septicaemia, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, multi-drug resistant organism), moisture associated skin damage, hospice care.
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.