Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain.
Measure Source
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Nursing Home Quality Initiative.
Table
107 Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain, United States, 2003, by
Data Source
CMS, Minimum Data Set (MDS).
Denominator
Long-term care residents with a valid target assessment.
Numerator
Residents with moderate pain at least daily or horrible/excruciating pain at any frequency on the target assessment.
Comments
Excludes admission assessments and assessments with inconsistent responses regarding the measure.