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Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly.
Measure Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Home Health Quality Initiative.
Tables
123 Home health care patients who get better at taking their medication correctly, United States, 2003, by
Data Source
CMS, Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS).
Denominator
All home health episodes that begin and end in 2003.
Numerator
Episodes in which patients get better at taking their medication correctly compared to a prior assessment.
Comments
The OASIS instrument measures management of oral medications on a 3-level scale from 0 (fully independent) to 2 (entirely dependent) and refers to ability, not medication compliance. Episodes are not included for persons who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more.
Excludes injectable and IV medications.
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