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

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