Figure 3.3. Sample AHRQ QI Report Used by a Hospital Association for Quality Improvement (Text Description)

Evaluation of the Use of AHRQ and Other Quality Indicators

Figure 3.3. depicts a sample AHRQ QI report in a tabular format. The data represented by this graph is contained in the following table.

AHRQ Quality Indicators	Apr-Jun 2005 (Q2)					Jul 2004-Jun 2005 (recent year)
	Relative Performance	Denom	Observed	Target	Median	Relative Performance	Denom	Observed	Target	Median
	Relative Performance	N	Percent			Relative Performance	N	Percent
Post Procedure Mortality (%)
CABG	E	74	4.3	3.2	3.5	E	299	3.9	3.2	3.8
PTCA	E	181	1.3	1.3	1.1	E	722	2.1	1.4	1.4
Carotid endarterectomy	E*	16	0.8	0.6	0.0	E	65	0.6	0.7	0.0
AAA repair	E*	6	10.9	12.6	0.0	E*	20	13.4	11.9	6.2
Esophageal cancer resection	E*	2	2.5	4.9	0.0	E*	8	7.4	6.3	0.0
Pancreatic cancer resection	E*	5	4.1	4.8	0.0	E*	18	3.7	5.1	0.0
Pediatric heart surgery	E	28	6.0	5.0	2.2	E	90	4.6	7.1	3.1
Craniotomy	E	84	6.1	5.8	4.9	E	313	6.6	5.9	5.5
Hip replacement	E	36	0.1	1.2	0.0	E	133	0.1	1.2	0.0
In-Hospital Mortality (%)
AMI - Mortality	E	88	8.3	7.6	5.8	E	360	8.0	7.9	7.1
AMI - Mortality without transfers	E	62	7.6	7.9	5.8	E	248	7.7	8.4	6.9
HF	E	137	3.0	4.3	2.9	E	527	3.3	4.3	3.1
Pneumonia	E	125	6.0	6.2	5.5	E	492	6.0	6.0	5.7
Acute stroke	E	83	12.6	13.5	12.8	E	316	12.8	13.2	13.5
GI hemorrhage	E	55	2.7	6.1	2.6	D	221	2.9	6.1	2.7
Hip fracture	E	26	3.1	3.1	1.7	E	98	2.8	3.0	2.6
Utilization Rates (%)
C section all		527	25.8		25.7		2072	26.0		25.6
C section primary		452	16.6		16.3		1779	17.1		16.6
VBAC all		93	17.5		16.9		361	19.0		17.9
VBAC uncomplicated		76	18.4		17.6		299	19.7		18.9

Volumes	Observed	Median	Relative Performance	Observed	Target	Median
Volumes	N	N	Relative Performance	N
CABG	75	55.5	D	302	100.0	230.0
PTCA	182	124.0	D	725	200.0	448.0
Carotid endarterectomy	16	12.0	E	65	50.0	41.0
AAA repair	6	4.0	E	20	20.0	13.0
Esophageal cancer resection	3	2.0	D	8	6.0	5.5
Pancreatic cancer resection	6	5.0	D	18	10.0	13.5
Pediatric heart surgery	26	16.0	E	90	90.0	48.0

Notes:
A = No Data Available;
B = Substantially Worse than Target;
C = Worse than Target;
D = Better than Target;
E = Meets Target;
* Interpret with caution (less than 25 cases)

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Current as of December 2007

Internet Citation: Figure 3.3. Sample AHRQ QI Report Used by a Hospital Association for Quality Improvement (Text Description): Evaluation of the Use of AHRQ and Other Quality Indicators. December 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/qualityindicators/chapter3-fig3-3text.html