Home health care patients who get better at getting dressed.
Measure Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Home Health Quality Initiative.
Tables
122 Home health care patients who get better at getting dressed, 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 a person's ability to dress his or her upper body improved compared to a prior assessment.
Comments
The OASIS instrument measures upper body dressing ability on a 4-level scale from 0 (fully independent) to 3 (entirely dependent). Episodes are not included for persons who are at the highest level and cannot improve any more.