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Louisiana Health Care
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THE MEDICARE
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION |
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National Pneumonia (PNE) Project
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and influenza are the sixth leading causes of death in the United
States.1
Approximately 600,000 Medicare patients are hospitalized utilizing
more than 4.2 million inpatient days each year.2 In 1993,
more than $3.5 billion was spent on inpatient care of Medicare
patients with pneumonia.3 Pneumonia is also the principal
reason for more than 500,000 emergency department visits by Medicare
patients each year.2 The incidence of pneumonia increases
with age, and approximately 90 percent of deaths due to this
condition are in the population aged 65 and older.1,4,5
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Hospital Quality Measures and
Descriptions |
Link to QualityNet for these measure details:
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PN-1
Oxygenation Assessment
PN-2
Pneumococcal Vaccination
PN-3a
Blood cultures
PN-3b
Blood cultures
PN-4
Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling
PN-5
Antibiotic timing (median)
PN-5a
Initial antibiotic
PN-5b
Initial antibiotic
PN-5c Initial antibiotic
PN-6
Initial antibiotic selection
PN-6a
Initial antibiotic selection
PN-6b
Initial antibiotic selection
PN-7
Influenza vaccination
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Pneumonia Related Web Sites |
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LHCR's Pneumonia Project Quality
Improvement Specialist Contact |
Lauren A.
Haygood, RN, MSN- Quality Improvement
Specialist
E-Mail:
lhaygood@lhcr.org
Phone: 225-926-6353
Fax: 225-925-0342
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1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pneumonia and influenza
death rates—United States, 1979-1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.
1995;44:535-537.
2 Dicker RC, Han LF, Macone JJ.
Quality of care surveillance using administrative data, 1996.
Quality resume, no.2. Baltimore, Maryland: Health Care Financing
Administration, 1998.
3 Health Care Financing
Administrator. 1995 Data Compendium. Baltimore, MD: US Depart
of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration;
1995:75. HCFA No 03364.
4 Marston BJ, Plouffe JF, File TM,
et al. Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia requiring
hosptializations: resutls of a population-based active surveillance
study in Ohio. Arch Intern Med. 1997; 157:1709-1718.
5Centers for Disease Control.
Pneumonia and influenza mortality---United Sates, 1988-1989 season.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1989;38:97.
(source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) |
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