List of Core Measures, Data Sources, and Availability for Select Groups

Measure	Data source	Black	Hispanic	Asian or API	AI/AN	Poor
Quality
Adults age 50 and over who received a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, proctoscopy, or fecal occult blood test	NHIS
Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage per 100,000 population age 50 and over	SEER
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year	NVSS-M
Adults age 40 and over with diabetes who received all three exams in the calendar year: hemoglobin A1c measurement, dialated eye examination, and foot examination	MEPS
Hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations per 1,000 population age 18 and over with diabetes	NHDS
Dialysis patients registered on a waiting list for transplantation	USRDS
Hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis	ESRD CPMP
Adult smokers who received advice to quit smoking	MEPS
Adults with obesity who received advice to exercise more	MEPS
Hospital care for heart attack patients	QIO
Hospital care for heart failure patients	QIO
Deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction	HCUP
New AIDS cases per 100,000 population ages 13 and over	CDC AIDS Surveillance
Pregnant women who received prenatal care in first trimester	NVSS-N
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births, birth weight <1,500 g	NVSS-I
Children ages 19-35 months who received all recommended vaccines	NIS
Children ages 2-17 for whom a health provider gave advice about physical activity	MEPS
Children ages 3-6 who had their vision checked by a health provider	MEPS
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population	NVSS-M
Adults with a major depressive episode who received treatment for depression	NSDUH
People age 12 and over who needed treatment for illicit drug use and who received such treatment at a specialty facility	NSDUH
People treated for substance abuse who completed treatment course	TEDS
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination	NHIS
Hospital care for pneumonia patients	QIO
Visits with antibiotics prescribed for a diagnosis of common cold per 10,000 population	NAMCS- NHAMCS
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment	CDC TB Surveillance
Long-stay nursing home residents with physical restraints	MDS
High-risk, long-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores	MDS
Short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores	MDS
Adult home health care patients whose ability to walk or move around improved	OASIS
Adult home health care patients who were admitted to the hospital	OASIS
Adult surgery patients with postoperative pneumonia or venous thromboembolic event	MPSMS
Adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics	QIO
Bloodstream infections or mechanical adverse events per 1,000 central venous catheter placements	MPSMS
Deaths per 1,000 discharges potentially resulting from complications of care	HCUP
Adults age 65 and over who received potentially inappropriate prescription medicines	MEPS
Adults who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted	MEPS
Emergency department visits in which patients left without being seen	NHAMCS
Adults whose health providers sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they had to say, and spent enough time with them	MEPS
Children whose health providers sometimes or never listen carefully, explain things, clearly respected what they or their parents had to say and spent enough time with them	MEPS
Access
People under age 65 with health insurance	NHIS
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year	MEPS
People with a specific source of ongoing care	NHIS
People with a usual primary care provider	MEPS
People without a usual source of care due to a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care	MEPS
People unable to get or delayed in receiving needed medical care, dental care, or prescription medication due to financial or insurance reasons	MEPS

Indicates that reliable data on measure are available for this group and included in summary across measures of quality and access for this group

Key: API=Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native; Poor=individuals with household incomes <100% of Federal poverty thresholds.

Key to Data Sources:
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ESRD CPMP = End Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project
HCUP = Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
MDS = Medicare Minimum Data Set
MEPS = Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MPSMS = Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System
NAMCS = National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NHAMCS = National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NHDS = National Hospital Discharge Survey
NHIS = National Health Interview Survey
NIS = National Immunization Survey
NSDUH = National Survey on Drug Use and Health
NVSS-I = National Vital Statistics System, Linked BirthInfant Death
NVSS-M = National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
NVSS-N = National Vital Statistics System, Natality
OASIS = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Outcome and Assessment Information Set
QIO = Quality Improvement Organization Program
SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
TEDS = Treatment Episode Data Set
USRDS = United States Renal Data System

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