Percent of Residents Who Were Offered and Declined the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percent of long-stay residents who are offered and declined the influenza vaccination during the most recent influenza season.
Numerator
Resident was offered and declined the influenza vaccine during the most recent influenza season.
Denominator
All long-stay residents with a selected influenza vaccination assessment. This includes all residents who have an entry date on or before March 31 of the most recently completed influenza season and have an assessment with a target date on or after October 1 of the most recently completed influenza season (i.e., the target date must fall on or between October 1 and June 30), except those with exclusions.
Exclusions
Resident's age on target date of selected influenza vaccination assessment is 179 days or less.
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). This measure is only calculated once per 12-month influenza season which begins on July 1 of a given year and ends on June 30 of the subsequent year and reports data for residents who were in the facility for at least one day during the target period of October 1 through March 31.
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.