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Table 1 Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (Prevention Quality Indicators) defined by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

From: “Evolution and financial cost of socioeconomic inequalities in ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an ecological study for Portugal, 2000–2014”

Individual Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs)

 

 PQI 01 Diabetes Short-term Complications Admissions Rate

 

 PQI 03 Diabetes Long-term Complications Admission Rate

 

 PQI 05 COPD or Asthma in Older Adults Admission Rate

 

 PQI 07 Hypertension Admission Rate

 

 PQI 08 Heart Failure Admission Rate

 

 PQI 10 Dehydration Admission Rate

 

 PQI 11 Bacterial Pneumonia Admission Rate

 

 PQI 12 Urinary Tract Infection Admission Rate

 

 PQI 13 Angina without Procedure Admission Rate

 

 PQI 14 Uncontrolled Diabetes Admission Rate

 

 PQI 15 Asthma in Younger Adults Admission Rate

 

 PQI 16 Rate of Lower-Extremity Amputation Diabetes

 

Composite Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs)

 

 PQI 90 Overall composite (includes 01, 03, 05, 07, 08, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, and 16)

 
  1. Source: (AHRQ 2015)