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. 2006 Jun;21(6):607–612. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00415.x

Table 4.

Quality of Pain Management for Patients with Substantial Pain (NRS ≥4)

Process Indicator Quality Rate (%)*
Subjective assessment 72.2
Exam for pain complaint 38.0
Any orders to assess pain 15.2
New pain prescription 21.5
Change in pain prescription 11.4
Any other pain treatment 22.8
Follow-up plan made 12.7
Composite evaluation 73.4
Composite treatment 48.1
Any attention to pain 78.5
*

Percentage of visits with where quality criteria was met for explicit process indictors and composite scores, n =79.