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MassachusettsState Snapshot for Care Coordination
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.
| Measure | Recent Year | Recent Rate | Recent Performance | Baseline Year | Baseline Rate | Baseline Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult hospital patients who did not receive good communication about discharge information | 2017 | 9.4 | Better than Average | 2009 | 12.2 | Better than Average |
| Adults who reported that home health providers always seem informed and up-to-date about all the cares or treatments they got at home in the last 2 months of care | 2017 | 65.4 | Better than Average | 2012 | 62.7 | Average |
| Adult hospital patients who strongly disagree or disagree that staff took their preferences and those of their family and caregiver into account when deciding what the patients discharge health care would be | 2017 | 5.1 | Better than Average | 2014 | 5.0 | Better than Average |
| Home health patients who had timely initiation of care | 2016 | 94.6 | Better than Average | 2013 | 93.3 | Better than Average |
| Measure | Recent Year | Recent Rate | Recent Performance | Baseline Year | Baseline Rate | Baseline Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital | 2016 | 27.3 | Worse than Average | 2013 | 26.4 | Worse than Average |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit without a hospitalization | 2016 | 4.4 | Worse than Average | 2013 | 4.1 | Worse than Average |
| Home health care patients who had an emergency department visit and then hospitalized | 2016 | 22.5 | Worse than Average | 2013 | 19.7 | Worse than Average |