MassachusettsHispanic Quality Measures Compared to Achievable Benchmarks
The NHQDR quality measures specific to Hispanic 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:
Far away from benchmark - a State's value for a measure has not achieved 50% of the benchmark.
Close to benchmark - a State's value for a measure is between 50% and 90% of a benchmark (i.e., worse than the benchmark but has achieved at least half of the benchmark but not as much as 90% of a benchmark).
Achieved benchmark or better - a State's value for a measure is no worse than 90% of the benchmark value, the measure has achieved the benchmark. This category also includes the case in which the measure’s value is equal to or better than the benchmark.
Measures That Achieved Benchmark or Better
| Long-stay nursing home residents with a urinary tract infection |
Hispanic, all races |
1.9 |
2.8 |
Achieved: 34% better |
| Low-risk, long-stay nursing home residents with a catheter inserted and left in the bladder |
Hispanic, all races |
1.4 |
2.1 |
Achieved: 33% better |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with too much weight loss |
Hispanic, all races |
3.7 |
4.7 |
Achieved: 22% better |
| Long-stay nursing home residents with moderate to severe pain |
Hispanic, all races |
3.5 |
4.3 |
Achieved: 19% better |
| Women ages 50-74 who received a mammogram in the last 2 years |
Hispanic, all races |
90.8 |
84.7 |
Achieved: 7% better |
| Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years |
Hispanic, all races |
85.1 |
84.2 |
Achieved: 1% better |
| Home health care patients whose surgical wound was improved |
Hispanic, all races |
92.9 |
93.1 |
0.2% |
| Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years |
Hispanic, all races |
81.4 |
82.3 |
1.0% |
| Home health care patients whose ability to get in and out of bed improved |
Hispanic, all races |
70.1 |
72.6 |
3.5% |
| Home health care patients whose ability to walk or move around improved |
Hispanic, all races |
71.0 |
74.2 |
4.3% |
| Home health patients who had influenza vaccination during flu season |
Hispanic, all races |
89.6 |
94.1 |
4.8% |
| Home health care patients whose management of oral medications improved |
Hispanic, all races |
62.0 |
66.2 |
6.4% |
| Home health care patients who stayed at home after an episode of home health care |
Hispanic, all races |
77.6 |
85.5 |
9.3% |
Measures That Are Close to Benchmark
| Home health care patients whose pain when moving around decreased |
Hispanic, all races |
67.1 |
75.1 |
10.6% |
| Home health patients who had improvement in toileting |
Hispanic, all races |
70.5 |
78.9 |
10.7% |
| Long-stay nursing home patients who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine |
Hispanic, all races |
83.4 |
93.9 |
11.2% |
| Short-stay nursing home patients who had flu vaccination appropriately given |
Hispanic, all races |
80.8 |
92.2 |
12.4% |
| Home health care patients whose bathing improved |
Hispanic, all races |
68.5 |
78.2 |
12.4% |
| Long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed for pneumococcal vaccination |
Hispanic, all races |
84.4 |
97.0 |
13.0% |
| Home health patients who had improvement in upper body dressing |
Hispanic, all races |
67.4 |
79.3 |
15.0% |
| Home health care patients whose shortness of breath decreased |
Hispanic, all races |
66.2 |
78.4 |
15.6% |
| Short-stay nursing home residents who were assessed for pneumococcal vaccination |
Hispanic, all races |
74.0 |
91.4 |
19.0% |
| Home health patients who had pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination |
Hispanic, all races |
70.4 |
91.0 |
22.7% |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose ability to move independently worsened |
Hispanic, all races |
28.5 |
20.7 |
37.7% |
| High-risk, long-stay nursing home patients with pressure ulcer |
Hispanic, all races |
4.3 |
3.0 |
42.9% |
| Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities increased |
Hispanic, all races |
24.5 |
17.1 |
43.4% |
| Short-stay nursing home residents with moderate to severe pain |
Hispanic, all races |
15.1 |
10.5 |
43.8% |
Measures With No Available Benchmark Information
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| Short-stay nursing home patients with pressure ulcers that are new or worsened |
Hispanic, all races |
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| Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year |
Hispanic, all races |
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| Long-stay nursing home residents have depressive symptoms |
Hispanic, all races |
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| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the last flu season |
Hispanic, all races |
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| Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last flu season |
Hispanic, all races |
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| Adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
Hispanic, all races |
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| Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination |
Hispanic, all races |
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