Table 4.

Features of anesthesia-relevant performance measures related to administration and quality improvement, National Quality Forum, 2014.

	Jointly attributable measures
	N	(%)
Total	67	(100.0)
Measure Type
Structure	8	(11.9)
Process	7	(10.5)
Outcome	49	(73.1)
Efficiency	3	( 4.8)
National Quality Strategy
Patient Safety	33	(49.3)
Cardiovascular Diseases	23	(34.3)
Affordable Care	8	(11.9)
Communication and Coordination	1	( 1.5)
None specified	1	( 1.5)
Person- and Family-Centered Care	1	( 1.5)
Measure Stewards
Society of Thoracic Surgeons	24	(35.8)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	13	(19.4)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	8	(11.9)
Society for Vascular Surgery	5	( 7.5)
American College of Surgeons	4	( 6.0)
Ambulatory Surgical Centers Quality Collaborative	4	( 5.8)
Leapfrog Group	3	( 4.5)
Boston Children’s Hospital	1	( 1.5)
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia	2	( 3.0)
American College of Cardiology Foundation	1	( 1.5)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	1	( 1.5)
Optum	1	( 1.5)
American Society of Anesthesiologists	0	( 0.0)
Data source (non-exclusive)
Claims	28	(41.8)
Registry	30	(44.8)
Level of Analysis (non-exclusive)
Integrated Delivery System	4	( 6.0)
Facility	63	(94.0)
Group/Practice	29	(43.3)
Individual	10	(14.9)
Eligible Use (non-exclusive)
Quality Improvement (internal)	67	(100)
Quality Improvement (external benchmarking)	67	(100)
Public Reporting	67	(100)
PQRS	7	(10.5)
Eligible for Value-Based Purchasing	3	( 4.5)