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Improvement in management of oral medications
Measure Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Home Health Quality Initiative.
Table
1.121 Percent of improvement in management of oral medications for home health episodes, by State, 2002 and 2004.
Data Source
Calculated by the Center for Health Services and Policy, Research, University of Colorado, from Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data.
Denominator
All home health episodes that begin and end in the survey year.
Numerator
Episodes in which a person showed improvement in their ability to manage oral medications 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.
Risk-adjusted rates are available for State estimates only. Particulars about risk adjustment and further information about this and other measures of the Home Health Quality Initiative are available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/quality.asp.
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