Percentage of home health episodes of care during which patients were determined to have ever received Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV).
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Number of home health episodes of care during which patients were determined to have ever received Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPV).
Denominator
Number of home health episodes of care ending during the reporting period, other than those covered by generic or measure-specific exclusions.
Exclusions
Episodes which ended in patient death. Episodes in which the patient does not meet the CDC age/condition guidelines for PPV vaccine.
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