Quality and Safety Performance Detail
This section of the report includes background information, important facts and statistics, and results for each performance measure in four sets (heart attack care, heart failure care, pneumonia care and surgical care).
A “What one should know about the data” section for each measure includes information about the kinds of patients whose results are excluded from this report’s data. It’s important to understand that not every patient gets – or should get – a treatment. Often, patients have health care conditions or factors that influence the effectiveness of treatments, or whether or not a provider orders a particular treatment. Also, a patient may choose to refuse treatment or not follow the instructions of his or her care plan.
This report only includes data about patients considered “eligible” for one of the evidence-based treatments or measures.