Table 1. CAP hospital inpatient quality measure set.

Measure	Measure name		Measure description
Core	CAP 1	Oxygenation assessment	Oxygenation assessment using either arterial blood gas or pulse oxymetry within 24 hours of hospital arrival
	CAP 2	Pneumonia severity assessment	Assessment of CAP severity using either PSI or CURB-65 within 24 hours of hospital arrival
	CAP 3	Sputum smears	Evaluation of sputum smears within 24 hours of hospital arrival
	CAP 4	Sputum cultures	Evaluation of sputum cultures within 24 hours of hospital arrival
	CAP 5	Blood cultures prior to first intravenous antibiotics administration	Proportion of blood cultures obtained prior to first intravenous antibiotics administration of all blood cultures*
	CAP 6	First dose of antibiotic within 8 hours	Proportion of administration of first dose of antibiotic within 8 hours of hospital arrival
	CAP 7	Smoking cessation advice/counseling	Smoking cessation advice/counseling given to patients who have smoked within 1 year
	CAP 8	Screening for pneumococcal vaccination	Screening for pneumococcal vaccination among patients 65 years of age and older
Monitoring	CAP 9	Median time from initial hospital arrival to first dose of antibiotic	Median time from initial hospital arrival to first dose of antibiotic
	CAP 10	Selection of appropriate initial antibiotics	Initial antibiotic selection consistent with current recommendation
	CAP 11	Duration of intravenous antibiotic administration	Duration of intravenous antibiotic administration
	CAP 12	30-Day readmission rate	Readmission with CAP within 30 days after initial discharge
	CAP 13	30-Day mortality rate	Mortality within 30 days after hospitalization

^*Denominator consists of hospitalized CAP patients who have had a blood culture.

CAP: community-acquired pneumonia; PSI: Pneumonia Severity Index.