List of Core Measures

Core Measures, Data Sources, and Availability for Select Groups

Measure	Data source	Black	Hispanic	Asian or API	AI/AN	Poor
Quality
Women age 40 and over who reported they had a mammogram within the past 2 years	NHIS
Breast cancer incidence per 100,000 women age 40 and over diagnosed at advanced stage	SEER
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year	NVSS-M
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 calender year: hemoglobin A1c measurement, dialated eye examination, and foot examination	MEPS
Adult dialysis patients registered on a waiting list for transplantation	USRDS
Hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis	ESRD CPMP
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
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
Children ages 2-17 who received advice about healthy eating	MEPS
Children ages 2-17 who had a dental visit in the past year	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 or alcohol problem and who received such treatment at a specialty facility	NSDUH
Adult smokers who received advice to quit smoking	MEPS
Adults with obesity who received advice to exercise more	MEPS
Adults with obesity who received advice about healthy eating	MEPS
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination	NHIS
Hospital care for pneumonia patients	QIO
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment	CDC TB Surveillance
Older women screened for osteoporosis	MCBS
Long-stay nursing home residents with physical restraints	CMS MDS
High-risk long-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores	CMS MDS
Short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores	CMS 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 associated with central venous catheter placements	MPSMS
Deaths per 1,000 discharges following complications of care	HCUP
Adults age 65 and over who received potentially inappropriate prescription medications	MEPS
Adults who sometimes or never got 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 listened carefully, explained 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 who indicated a financial or insurance reason for not having a source of care	MEPS
People who were unable to get or delayed in getting needed care	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.