AHRQ Quality Indicators

Documentation

Research
Presentations
PQI Downloads
IQI Downloads
PSI Downloads
PDI Downloads

Software

QI Software

Prior Versions

PQI Archive
IQI Archive
PSI Archive
PDI Archive
WinQI Archive
HCUP QI Archive

 

Instructions

To download the files from this Web page, click on the following links with the right mouse button and select "Save Link As" (Firefox) or "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer).

Some of the files below are in PDF format, help with PDF files is available.

 

Current Version

The Prevention Quality Indicators have been updated along with the rest of the AHRQ QIs in March 2007.  The current version is 3.1.

 

 

Prevention Quality Indicators Download

User Guide and Technical Specification

The User Guide and Technical Specification provide direction on the rationale of the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs). It also provides an overview of the methods used to identify, select, and evaluate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs), a summary of the literature based evidence, empirical rates based on the State Inpatient Databases, and detailed definitions for each PQI. Potential users of this document include hospitals, State data organizations, and hospital associations.

Covariates Used in Risk Adjustment

Two sets of covariates are  provided for the PQIs.  One group is based on age and sex exclusively, and the other is based on age, sex and the socioeconomic decile of each county.  The two versions correspond to the two selections you may make within the QI software.  (SAS Control file, WinQI Report Options)

Change Documents

PQI Change Log:  The Change Log document provides a cumulative summary of all changes made to the PQI software, software documentation and user guide since the original release of these documents in November 2001.  Previous years' coding changes can be found on the PQI Archive page.

Technical Documentation

The technical review of research underlying the development of the quality indicators is available here.  The Prevention Quality Indicators and Inpatient Quality Indicators were developed from the HCUP Quality Indicators.  The research is summarized along with revisions in the PQI Guide that may be downloaded above. 

Documentation in Microsoft Word® Format

Internet Citation:
Prevention Quality Indicators Download. AHRQ Quality Indicators. March 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/pqi_download.htm