MassachusettsState Snapshot for Cancer

In this comparison, the NHQDR measures for Massachusetts for the most recent data year and the baseline year are compared to the average of all States.

Historically, the State Snapshots have included State-specific estimates for selected AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) based on Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data. The 2018 QDR does not include State-specific QI estimates based on 2016 HCUP data because the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification/Procedure Coding System version of the QI software used did not include risk adjustment. State-specific QIs will be reported in future QDRs when the estimates can be risk adjusted.

Measures Better Than Average in The Recent Year

Measure	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year	2016	16.9	Better than Average	2000	27.1	Average
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year	2016	11.7	Better than Average	2000	22.0	Worse than Average
Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis	2015	94.4	Better than Average	2005	92.9	Better than Average
Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined	2015	94.8	Better than Average	2005	62.8	Better than Average
Colorectal cancer diagnosed at advanced stage (tumors diagnosed at regional or distant stage) per 100,000 population age 50 and over	2015	57.0	Better than Average	2004	92.9	Worse than Average
Cervical cancer diagnosed at advanced stage (all invasive tumors) per 100,000 women age 20 and over	2015	7.2	Better than Average	2004	9.7	Better than Average
Breast cancer diagnosed at advanced stage (regional, distant stage, or local stage with tumor greater than 2 cm) per 100,000 women age 40 and over	2015	77.9	Better than Average	2004	95.4	Average

Measures That Are Average in The Recent Year

Measure	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year	2016	37.3	Average	2000	56.2	Average

Measures Worse Than Average in The Recent Year

Measure	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy)	2015	89.5	Worse than Average	2005	82.5	Worse than Average