NQMC Update Service: May 27, 2013 ► Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

NQMC Update Service: May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013

New This Week

NQMC Update Service: May 27, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 05/27/2013 12:00 PM EDT

May 27, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

• Children's dental care: percentage of deciduous teeth extracted (for pathological reasons) within 6 months following pulpotomy/pulpectomy treatment, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Children's dental care: percentage of teeth requiring retreatment (restoration, endodontic or extraction, but not including pit & fissure sealants) within 24 months of the initial fissure sealant treatment. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Children's dental care: percentage of teeth retreated within 6 months of an episode of restorative treatment, during the time period under study.

• Oral health: percentage of attendances for complications within 7 days of routine extraction of a permanent tooth or teeth, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Oral health: percentage of attendances for complications within 7 days of surgical extraction of a permanent tooth or teeth, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Oral health: percentage of completed courses of endodontic treatment on the same permanent tooth within 6 months of initial treatment, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Oral health: percentage of permanent teeth extracted within 12 months of commencement of a course of endodontic treatment, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Oral health: percentage of permanent teeth retreated within 6 months of an episode of restorative treatment, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Oral health: percentage of same denture type (full or partial) and same arch remade within 12 months, during the time period under study. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Radiographs: percentage of radiographs (bite-wing) that meet all of the 8 criteria, during the time period under study.