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Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Measures We Wouldn't Classify as Efficiency

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Metric	Perspective	Output	Input	Why Not?
Readmissions	Medicare	Discharges	Number of admissions within 30 days of discharge	Missing key events (death, different facility)
Rate of CABG surgery	Employer	Total number of enrollees	Number of bypass surgeries	No input specified
Cost-effectiveness	Society	Change in outcome	Change in cost (from using new vs. existing intervention)	Result not specific to an entity; may help construct metrics