Appendix Table 4.

HEDIS Drugs to Avoid in the Elderly Denominator Agreement for Persons Aged ≥65 Years With 12 Continuous Months of Enrollment in a Single Medicare Advantage Plan and 12 Months of Part D Benefit in 2007^*

Variable	Reported to HEDIS
	Excluded From Denominator, n (%)	Included in Denominator, n (%)	Total
Excluded from denominator	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Included in denominator	8687 (10.3)	75 818 (89.7)
Total			84 505

HEDIS = Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set.

^*Data in the rows are calculated from the Health Outcomes Study.