NationalHIV and AIDS Quality Measures Compared to Achievable Benchmarks
The NHQR quality measures specific to HIV and AIDS are compared to achievable benchmarks, which are derived from the top-performing States. Better performance of a State can mean higher or lower values of a measure, depending on the desired outcome. For example, low values are desirable for measures such as infant mortality, whereas high values are desirable for measures such as preventative screening. The categories of achievement have been standardized across the measure definitions so that:
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- Benchmarks are available for 2 measures including 2 measures that are far away from the benchmark, 0 measures that are close to the benchmark, and 0 measures that achieved the benchmark or better.
- Benchmarks are unavailable for 5 measures (71 percent of all possible measures).