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    URSA-PHF-024: Observation Encounters per 1000 Patient-Years
    • 27 Apr 2023
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    URSA-PHF-024: Observation Encounters per 1000 Patient-Years

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    Measure Description

    Among active membership periods, the rate of hospital observation stays per 1000 member-years.

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    • Measure Type: Rate Measure
    • Temporal Structure: Interval
    • Component Class: Long-Form
    • Denominator Case Field: Patient ID
    • Target Direction: Down

    Denominator Description

    The elapsed patient-months among active membership periods during which the patient was alive and had medical claims data coverage, expressed in units of 1000s of patient-years.

    Numerator Description

    The count of observation encounters occurring during qualifying denominator membership periods.

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