This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffered falls resulting in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygeine. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilitiies may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
This indicates the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better