All-Payer Claims Database Measure Inventory

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is undertaking activities to develop an effective and feasible approach for using all-payer claims databases to advance the goal of improving health care affordability, efficiency, and cost transparency, including developing this inventory of APCD-based measures.

The inventory is in an Excel file and each field (e.g., measure type, age group) can be sorted [Excel File, 72.2 KB]. Inventory fields include:

Condition of Focus (e.g., back pain, diabetes).
Measure Condition Subcategory (e.g., tests, medications).
Measure Type (Cost, Quality, or Utilization).
Quality Category (Process, Outcomes, Structure, Not Applicable).
Measure Name or Paper Name (From Lit Review).
National Quality Forum (NQF) Number.
Measure Steward.
Web Address.
Age Group (Pediatric, Adult, Not Specified).
Risk Adjustment (Yes, No, Not Stated).
Type of Cost (Out of Pocket, Charge, Reimbursement, Not Applicable, (Free Text OK).
Level of Analysis (e.g., State, County, ZIP Code, Hospital, Facility, Doctor ).
Data Source.
Source Type.
Unique Project ID.
Notes.
Deep Dive Measure? (Yes, No).

Page last reviewed October 2017
Page originally created October 2017

Internet Citation: All-Payer Claims Database Measure Inventory. Content last reviewed October 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/apcd/measureinventory.html