What is the difference between the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), the Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)?
The PQIs, IQIs and PSIs relate to different aspects of the quality of care that occurred in either the outpatient or inpatient setting, although all three modules rely solely on hospital inpatient administrative data. The PQIs, IQIs and PSIs focus on adult populations while the PDIs focus on pediatric populations. Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs). These indicators consist of “ambulatory care sensitive conditions,” hospital admissions that evidence suggests could have been avoided through high-quality outpatient care or that reflect conditions that could be less severe, if treated early and appropriately. 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 ind
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- What is the difference between the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), the Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) and the Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs)?
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- Can the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) be used at a hospital level?
