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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 1.
Published before final editing as: J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc. 2025 Apr 1:10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf033. doi: 10.1093/jrsssa/qnaf033

Table 1.

Quality measures, overall and by race and ethnicity

Number of Persons All
93,311
Black
41,297
Latinx
14,301
White
37,713

1. Any antipsychotic drug use 90 90 93 90
2. Any log-acting injectable antipsychotic drug 15 17 14 13
3. Any clozapine use 4.6 2.5 4.7 7.0
4. Antipsychotic adherencea ≥ 80% 49 39 51 59
5. Antipsychotic adherencea ≥ 50% 72 64 76 80
6. No antipsychotic polypharmacy 79 83 78 76
7. Any schizophrenia inpatient discharge 19 20 21 18
8. Follow-up within 7 days 24 23 26 24
9. Follow-up care 30 days 36 34 38 36
10. Any schizophrenia ED visit 3.6 4.4 2.3 3.1
11. Follow-up care within 7 days 37 35 38 39
12. Follow-up care within 30 days 47 44 51 51
13. Any ambulatory mental healthcare visit 99 98 98 99
14. Quarterly ambulatory MH care visits 63 58 66 66
No excessive acute care utilization for:
15. schizophrenia 95 94 95 95
16. mental health 91 91 91 91
17. Any schizophrenia hospitalization 20 20 22 19
18. No 30-day re-admission 77 77 76 77
19. Any MH hospitalization 23 23 24 22
20. No 30-day re-admission 74 74 73 73
21. Any MH psychosocial services 84 85 83 83
22. Quarterly psychosocial services 41 40 37 43
23. Any individual, group, or family psychotherapy 28 36 12 26
Mean number met (SD) 10.0 (2.14) 9.89 (2.21) 10.0 (2.02) 10.2 (2.08)

Note. Entries are percentages except the last row which reports the mean number (SD) of quality measures met. Ordinal metrics include antipsychotic adherence level (items 4 and 5), follow-up after discharge (items 7 + 8 + 9), and follow-up after an emergency department visit (items 10 + 11 + 12); nominal metrics include no re-admission following a schizophrenia hospitalization (items 17 + 18) and no re-admission following a mental health hospitalization (items 19 + 20). ED = emergency department, MH = mental health.

a

Measured as a percentage of days covered.