Table 2.
Quality Measures and Their PRIDIT Scores
| All Measures | Clinical Measures Only | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condition (1) | Measure Name (2) | Weight (3) | Overall Rank (4) | Importance (5) | Weight (6) | Overall Rank (7) | Importance (8) |
| Heart attack | Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction | 0.34389 | 16 | 3 | 0.38841 | 13 | 2 |
| Heart attack | Patients given aspirin at arrival | 0.51536 | 7 | 2 | 0.50854 | 8 | 1 |
| Heart attack | Patients given aspirin at discharge | 0.49976 | 9 | 2 | 0.50363 | 9 | 1 |
| Heart attack | Patients given β-blocker at arrival | 0.61635 | 2 | 1 | 0.59191 | 5 | 1 |
| Heart attack | Patients given β-blocker at discharge | 0.58934 | 3 | 1 | 0.59681 | 4 | 1 |
| Heart attack | Patients given PCI within 120 minutes of arrival | 0.20749 | 21 | 4 | 0.24098 | 18 | 3 |
| Heart attack | Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling | 0.45865 | 11 | 2 | 0.49491 | 11 | 1 |
| Heart attack | Patients given thrombolytic medication within 30 minutes of arrival | 0.06700 | 28 | 5 | 0.08356 | 20 | 4 |
| Heart failure | Patients given ACE inhibitor or ARB for left ventricular systolic dysfunction | 0.47582 | 10 | 2 | 0.50278 | 10 | 1 |
| Heart failure | Patients given assessment of left ventricular function | 0.69731 | 1 | 1 | 0.61127 | 1 | 1 |
| Heart failure | Patients given discharge instructions | 0.58516 | 4 | 1 | 0.61052 | 2 | 1 |
| Heart failure | Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling | 0.57617 | 5 | 1 | 0.60126 | 3 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | Patients assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination | 0.50422 | 8 | 2 | 0.57515 | 7 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | Patients given initial antibiotic(s) within 4 hours after arrival | 0.16592 | 24 | 5 | 0.29766 | 17 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | Patients given oxygenation assessment | 0.30895 | 17 | 4 | 0.32813 | 16 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | Patients given smoking cessation advice/counseling | 0.55314 | 6 | 2 | 0.58126 | 6 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | Patients given the most appropriate initial antibiotic(s) | 0.38001 | 12 | 3 | 0.38990 | 12 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | Patients having a blood culture performed before first antibiotic received in hospital | 0.28540 | 18 | 4 | 0.32975 | 15 | 3 |
| Surgical infection prevention | Surgery patients who received preventative antibiotic(s) 1 hour before incision | 0.34605 | 15 | 3 | 0.34571 | 14 | 3 |
| Surgical infection prevention | Surgery patients whose preventative antibiotic(s) are stopped within 24 hours after surgery | 0.12399 | 26 | 5 | 0.15318 | 19 | 4 |
| Hospital type | Acute care hospital | 0.18521 | 22 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hospital ownership | Government hospital | 0.17517 | 23 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Hospital ownership | Private hospital | 0.14241 | 25 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Accredited hospital | 0.25435 | 19 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Emergency service available | 0.07273 | 27 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Academic hospital type | Major teaching | 0.24341 | 20 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Academic hospital type | Significant teaching | 0.34942 | 14 | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Academic hospital type | Any teaching | 0.36509 | 13 | 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Eigenvalues | – | 4.51983 | – | – | 4.30900 | – | – |