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

• Race
• Ethnicity

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.