Slide 2

Annual Median Rate of Change

• The annual median rate of change from 1994 to 2005 was 2.3%.
• From 2000 to 2005, the annual median rate of change was 1.5%.

Bar graph. The horizontal axis shows six categories of measures. The vertical axis shows annual percent change.

Core Measures 1994-2005 (n = 41) change: 2.3%
Core measures 2000-2005 (n =19) change: 1.5%
Hospital 1994-2005 (n = 82) change: 2.9%
Home Health 1994-2005 (n = 14) change: 2.8%
Ambulatory Care 1994-2005 (n = 88) change: 1.7%
Long-Term Care 1994-2005 (n = 19) change: 0.8%

n = number of measures

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