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Measure Comparison

The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC), sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, includes the following attributes in the Measure Comparison.

Identifying Information
Title	Identifies the title of the measure. Title will be a hyperlink to the Completes Summary.
Measure Collection	Identifies the name of the collection of measures to which the measure belongs (if applicable).
Submitter	Identifies the organization(s) that submitted the measure to NQMC.
Developer	Identifies the organization(s) that developed the measure.
Funding Source(s)	Identifies source(s) of funding to the organization(s) for developing the measure(s) or measure set(s)/collection(s).
Composition of the Group that Developed the Measure	Describes the composition of the group/committee that developed the measure(s) or measure set(s)/collection(s), including professional degrees and affiliations, and lists the names of individual committee members, where given.
Financial Disclosures/Other Potential Conflicts of interest	Records and makes publically available disclosed relationships between individuals of the measure development committee/group/individual and companies or organizations that could potentially influence that individual's contribution to the development of the measure(s) or measure set(s)/collection(s).
Release Date	Identifies the date that the measure was first released by the submitting organization (this could be the date first issued or published).
Revision Date	Identifies the date of the most recent revision to the measure and/or the documentation by the submitting organization (if applicable).
Attributes
Description	Provides a concise statement of the specific aspects of health care, the patient population, providers, setting(s) of care, and time period that the measure addresses.
Rationale	Identifies the rationale that briefly explains the importance of the measure (i.e., why it is used).
Primary Measure Domain	Classifies the major focus of the measure by one of the following domains of care: Access, Outcome, Patient Experience, Population Health, Process, Structure, and Use of Services. Glossary definitions are available if needed.
Evidence Supporting the Criterion of Quality	Describes the type(s) of supporting evidence appropriate for Access, Outcome, Patient Experience, Process, and Structure measures.
Evidence Supporting the Value of Monitoring the Aspect of Population Health	Describes the supporting evidence if provided for Population Health measures.
Evidence Supporting the Value of Monitoring Use of Service	Describes the supporting evidence if provided for Use of Services measures.
Extent of Measure Testing	Describes the extent of testing of the measure including reliability and/or validity testing.
Denominator Inclusions/Exclusions	Describes the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria used to refine the denominator.
Relationship of Denominator to Numerator	Designates whether all cases in the denominator are equally eligible to appear in the numerator.
Numerator Inclusions/Exclusions	Describes the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria used to refine the numerator.
Measure Results Under Control of Health Care Professionals, Organizations and/or Policymakers	Designates whether measure result is substantially under the control of the health care professionals, organizations and/or policymakers to whom the measure applies.
Data Source	Identifies the data source(s) necessary to implement the measure (e.g., Administrative data, Clinician survey, Medical record, Patient survey).
Level of Determination of Quality	Identifies the level at which quality can be assessed (i.e., at the individual patient level or the aggregate patient level).
Allowance for Patient Factors	Identifies the type of analytic considerations made for the measure based on patient factors or characteristics (e.g., High-risk/vulnerable subgroups, Other subgroups [e.g., age cohort], Case-mix adjustment, Paired data at the patient level, Risk adjustment).
Scoring	Identifies the method used to score the measure (e.g., Categorical, Continuous Variable, Count, Frequency Distribution, Non-weighted Score/Composite/Scale, Rate, Ratio, Weighted Score/Composite/Scale).
Interpretation of Score	Classifies interpretation of score according to whether better quality is associated with a higher score, a lower score, a score falling within a defined interval, or a passing score for Access, Outcome, Patient Experience, Process, and Structure measures. Classifies interpretation of score according to whether a higher score is desirable, a lower score is desirable, or a score falling within a defined interval is desirable for Population Health measures. Classifies interpretation of score as Undetermined for Use of Services measures.
Current Use	Classifies the current use(s) of the measure by quality initiative and constituency.
Care Setting	Classifies the settings for which the measure applies (e.g., Home Care, Hospitals, Rural Health Care).
Professionals Responsible for Health Care	Classifies the professional(s) who is/are responsible for health care (e.g., Advanced Practice Nurses, Dentists, Physicians).
Lowest Level of Health Care Delivery Addressed	Classifies the most discrete level of health care delivery to which the measure (in its current use) applies (e.g., National, Single Health Care Delivery Organizations, Individual Clincians).

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