Table 1.

NHDR Measure Set: Major Topics

Quality of health care

1. Effectiveness

a.Cancer: cancer screening, late-stage diagnosis, cancer deaths, hospice care for cancer

b.Chronic kidney disease: dialysis care, renal transplantation

c.Diabetes: diabetic care, hospitalizations for diabetes and complications

d.Heart disease: screening and management of risk factors, inpatient treatment of acute myocardial infarction and acute heart failure

e.HIV/AIDS: new AIDS cases, HIV deaths

f.Maternal and child health: maternity care, childhood immunizations

g.Mental Health: suicide deaths

h.Respiratory diseases: immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease, inpatient treatment of pneumonia, hospitalizations for asthma

i. Nursing home and home health care: care in nursing homes

2. Patient safety

a.Nosocomial infections

b.Complications of care

c.Injuries and adverse events

d.Birth-related trauma

e.Medication safety

3. Timeliness

4. Patient-centeredness

Access to health care

1. Entry into the health care system

a.Health insurance coverage

b.Usual source of care

c.Patient perceptions of need

2. Structural barriers within the health care system

a.Barriers to getting care

b.Waiting times

3. Patient perceptions of provider's ability to address patient needs

a.Patient–provider communication

b.Patient–provider relationship

c.Cultural competency

d.Health information

4. Health care utilization

a.Routine health care

b.Acute care

c.Chronic care

d.Avoidable hospitalizations

e.Mental health care and substance abuse treatment

f.HIV care

5. Health care costs

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.