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. 2020 May 26;7(6):1678–1684. doi: 10.1177/2374373520924190

Table 1.

Ambulatory Quality of Care Metrics.

Metric description Sample size Achieved N (%)
Process measures
 Smoking cessation Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who received cessation counseling intervention if identified as a tobacco user 980 683 (69.7)
 Diabetes eye exam referral Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes who had a retinal or dilated eye exam by an eye care professional during the measurement period or a negative retinal or dilated eye exam (no evidence of retinopathy) in the 12 months prior to the measurement period. 1221 688 (56.3)
 Mammogram screening Percentage of women 50-74 years of age who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer 3394 2868 (84.5)
 Colorectal cancer screening Percentage of patients 50-75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer 4670 3912 (83.8)
Outcome measures
 HbA1c < 8 Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes who had hemoglobin A1c < 8.0% during the measurement period. 1207 956 (79.2)
 Non-Smoker Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older that screened negative for tobacco use 8271 7291 (88.2)
 Controlled hypertension Percentage of patients 18-85 years of age who had a diagnosis of hypertension and whose blood pressure was adequately controlled (<140/90 mm Hg) during the measurement period. 3638 3498 (96.2)
 LDL control (<100) Percentage of patients 18-75 years of age with diabetes whose LDL-C was adequately controlled (<100 mg/dL) during the measurement period. 1221 840 (68.3)