Dementia: Cognitive Assessment
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rural and Remote Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
National Quality Forum
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Service Delivery
Defining Attributes
Definition
Numerator
Patients for whom an assessment of cognition is performed and the results reviewed at least once within a 12-month period
Denominator
All patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of dementia
Exclusions
Documentation of patient reason(s) for not assessing cognition
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Clinician: Group/Practice; Clinician: Individual
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
National Quality Forum 2022 Key Rural Measures: An Update List of Measures to Advance Rural Health Priorities, Draft 1, page 1-26
Technical Specifications
Download from: www.qualityforum.org/Publications/2022/08/2022KeyRural_Measures__An_Updated_List_of_Measures_to_Advance_Rural_Health_Priorities.aspx
Technical Specifications: p4qm.org/measures/2872e
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
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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