Can I use the AHRQ QIs software if Hospital Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State and County codes are not available?
The Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) and the area Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) cannot be calculated when FIPS codes are missing and the software will return missing values for all of the indicators in the PQIs and the area IQIs. The FIPS State and County codes are needed to identify the relevant reference populations that are used for the appropriate denominators in the definitions of these indicators. The hospital level IQIs and the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) can be calculated when the hospital FIPS codes are missing because these indicators do not depend upon area population values. In cases where you do not have FIPS State and County codes for the hospitals you are including in your analysis for the hospital level IQIs or the PSIs, a missing value should be entered for this variable in all patient records.
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