What Are the AHRQ Quality Indicators?
Table 1 The AHRQ Quality Indicators modules Table 1 The AHRQ Quality Indicators modules Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs): These indicators identify ambulatory care sensitive conditions, defined as conditions for which good outpatient care can potentially prevent the need for hospitalization, or for which early intervention can prevent complications or more severe disease.Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs): These indicators reflect quality of care inside hospitals and include inpatient mortality; utilization of procedures for which there are questions of overuse, underuse, or misuse; and volume of procedures for which there is evidence that a higher volume of procedures is associated with lower mortality.Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs): These indicators focus on potentially preventable instances of complications and other iatrogenic events resulting from exposure to the health care system.Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs): These indicators reflect the quality of care for childre
