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    URSA-PHF-036: Post-Inpatient Primary Care Visit within 7 Days
    • 27 Apr 2023
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    URSA-PHF-036: Post-Inpatient Primary Care Visit within 7 Days

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    Measure Description

    Among hospital inpatient admissions resulting in a discharge to home or home with home health, the percentage with a primary care office visit within 7 days of discharge.

    Metadata

    • Measure Type: Rate Measure
    • Temporal Structure: Event
    • Component Class: Normal-Form
    • Denominator Case Field: Inpatient Encounter
    • Target Direction: Up

    Denominator Description

    Hospital Inpatient Discharges where the CMS patient discharge status code indicates the patient was discharged home or home with home health for patients with active plan membership; excludes discharges home with planned readmissions.

    Numerator Description

    Primary Care Clinician Office Visits occurring within 7 days of discharge from the index admission.

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