Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel (Single Rate for Inpatient and Outpatient Settings)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Rural and Remote Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Domain
Service Delivery

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of health care workers given influenza vaccination.

Numerator

Number of health workers given flu vaccine.

Denominator

Number in the population based on administrative data from the facility.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Administrative data.

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods

Data reported to: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Website Data available on: Care Compare (Note: Listed as IMM-3 in CMS data sets) MBQIP Data Reports Flex Monitoring Team Report.

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Evidence Source

Stratis Health. MBQIP Measures Fact Sheets August 2023. Accessed March 15th 2024 www.ruralcenter.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/2023%20update%20MBQIP-Measures-Fact-Sheets.pdf

Technical Specifications

About the program: www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/grants/rural-hospitals/medicare-beneficiary-quality-improvement Data reporting and use: www.ruralcenter.org/resources/data-reporting-and-use Technical information: www.ruralcenter.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/2023%20update%20MBQIP-Measures-Fact-Sheets.pdf

Also in: Casey et al 2012, Are the CMS hospital outpatient quality measures relevant for rural hospitals? Journal of Rural Health 28(3):248-259 Casey et al 2013 Rural relevant quality measures for critical access hospitals 29(2): 159-171

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
Yes
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025