The proportion of patients, age greater than and equal to 1 year, discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting on two or more antipsychotic medications with appropriate justification.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Psychiatric inpatients discharged on two or more routinely scheduled antipsychotic medications with appropriate justification.
Denominator
Psychiatric inpatient discharges
Exclusions
• Patients who expired
• Patients with an unplanned departure resulting in discharge due to elopement
• Patients with an unplanned departure resulting in discharge due to failing to return from leave
• Patients with a length of stay less than or equal to 3 days
Measure Record
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