Home Health Quality Initiative.
89 Home health care patients who get better at getting dressed, United States, 2002, by
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data.
All home health episodes that begin and end in 2002.
Episodes in which a person's ability to dress their upper body improved compared to a prior assessment.
The OASIS instrument measures upper body dressing ability on a four level scale from 0 (fully independent) to 4 (entirely dependent). Episodes are not included for persons who are at the highest level and can not improve any more.