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New JerseyState Snapshot for Older Adults

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

Due to changes in methodology, including a transition from International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) to Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes and updates to the Quality Indicators software, the current measure set does not contain AHRQ Quality Indicator measure results based on Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data. These changes to the measure set had a significant impact on overall meter scores, so they are not provided at this time. When data become available, State scores will again be included.

Measures Better Than Average in The Recent Year
Measure	Population	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Adults who reported a home health provider talking with them about all the prescription and over-the-counter medicines they were taking when they first started getting home health care	Age 65 and over	2018	85.9	Better than Average	2012	84.1	Average
Adults who reported a home health provider asking to see all the prescription and over-the-counter medicines they were taking, when they first started getting home health care	Age 65 and over	2018	79.4	Better than Average	2012	78.7	Average
Adults who reported being told what care and services they would get when they first started getting home health care	Age 65 and over	2018	90.0	Better than Average	2012	88.8	Better than Average
Emergency department visits involving opioid-related diagnoses per 100,000 population	Age 65 and over	2017	96.0	Better than Average	2005	18.6	Missing

Measures That Are Average in The Recent Year
Measure	Population	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Adults who reported that home health providers always kept them informed about when they would arrive at their home in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	79.1	Average	2012	78.7	Average
Adults who reported that home health providers always treated them with courtesy and respect in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	93.5	Average	2012	93.4	Average
Adults who reported getting the help or advice they needed when they contacted their home health providers in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	23.6	Average	2012	26.9	Worse than Average
Hospital inpatient stays involving opioid-related diagnoses per 100,000 population	Age 65 and over	2017	290.5	Average	2005	94.2	Missing
Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last flu season	Total	2017	63.8	Average	2013	57.5	Worse than Average

Measures Worse Than Average in The Recent Year
Measure	Population	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Adults who reported getting the help or advice they needed the same day they contacted their home health providers	Age 65 and over	2018	16.3	Worse than Average	2012	19.0	Worse than Average
Adults who reported a home health provider talking with them about how to set up their home so they can move around safely when they first started getting home health care	Age 65 and over	2018	75.7	Worse than Average	2012	72.0	Worse than Average
Adults who reported that home health providers talked with them about the purpose for taking their new or changed prescription medicines in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	26.7	Worse than Average	2012	28.3	Worse than Average
Adults who reported that home health providers talked with them about when to take medicines in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	24.3	Worse than Average	2012	25.9	Worse than Average
Adults home health patients age 18 and over who reported that home health providers talked with them about the side effects of medicines in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	19.6	Worse than Average	2012	21.7	Worse than Average
Adults who reported that home health providers talk about pain in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	86.4	Worse than Average	2012	83.6	Worse than Average
Adults who reported that home health providers always treated them as gently as possible in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	89.2	Worse than Average	2012	89.7	Average
Adults who reported that home health providers always explained things in a way that was easy to understand in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	82.9	Worse than Average	2012	81.5	Worse than Average
Adults who reported that home health providers always listen carefully to them in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	83.9	Worse than Average	2012	83.3	Worse than Average
Adults who did not have any problem with the care they received from their home health providers in the last 2 months of care	Age 65 and over	2018	92.3	Worse than Average	2012	92.4	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	Age 65 and over	2018	60.9	Worse than Average	2012	59.7	Worse than Average
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination	Total	2017	72.2	Worse than Average	2013	62.4	Worse than Average

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