MassachusettsBlack Quality Measures Compared to Achievable Benchmarks
The NHQDR quality measures specific to Black 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:
Measure | Population | Estimate | Benchmark | Distance to Benchmark |
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Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year | Black | |||
Long-stay nursing home residents with physical restraints | Black | |||
Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the last flu season | Black | |||
Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last flu season | Black | |||
Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination | Black | |||
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination | Black |