The average correlation of these 24 indicators with the falls indicator was 0.06, with seven of the correlations being negative [ 2].
The Patient Falls indicator is an example of a nursing sensitive outcome and is defined as the rate per 1,000 patient days at which patients experience an unplanned descent to the floor during the course of their hospital stay.
For example, it would seem reasonable to differentiate between instances of truly inappropriate risk adjustment where variance is due to poor practices (e.g., adjusted for benzodiazepine use for a falls indicator) and "over adjustment" due to the excessive use of spurious risk adjusters resulting in suppression of variance.
Clearly, the +AIP adjustment had the effect of minimizing differences between the individual providers and it also resulted in rates that had less variability, as demonstrated by the drop in the CV value when comparing the unadjusted and +AIP adjusted rates for the prevalence of falls indicator (CV of 27.7 and 19.1, respectively; data not shown).
The fall rate indicator is then y j = z j / w j which represents the observed number of falls per 1,000 patient days.
As an illustration, in one study, the falls quality indicator from the Minimum Data Set for Nursing Home Resident Assessment and Care Screening MDSS) was correlated with 24 other quality indicators (QIs).
There are two supporting indicators for fall prevention: the first indicator states that outpatients age ≥ 75 should be asked about falls in the preceding year.
Asian equities got off to a weak start Monday, as flagging corporate earnings and falling economic indicators added to concern that the global downturn is worsening.
Months will go by in which they only run positive, upbeat business stories… and then one morning you wake up to the Daily Thanatopsis months of falling economic indicators with your coffee, endless layoffs with your bran muffin.
As illustrated in Appendix, documents that fall into the indicator category clearly articulate learning statements with sub-statements, or precise indicators that specify what children should know and be able to do.
