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Table 1 Performance in quality indicators in the community over time [20, 25,26,27]

From: National initiatives to promote quality of care and patient safety: achievements to date and challenges ahead

Indicator

First Year

Performance in the First Year

Performance, 2014

Performance, 2018

Influenza vaccine, asthma

2003

23.1%

41.7%

35.3%

Asthma medication ratio > 0.5

2014

 

67.4%

70.9%

Spirometry in COPD

2013

52.0%

57.9%

75.5%

Mammography

2003

51.6%

69.3%

72.5%

Colorectal screening

2003

11.8%

58.3%

64.8%

PAP smear, 3y

2014

 

48.1%

51.5%

Influenza vaccine >65y

2003

43.9%

63.4%

60.4%

Pneumococcal vaccine

2008

70.9%

76.6%

77.5%

Periodic testing for Hb A1c in diabetes

2003

85.2%

90.0%

90.7%

Hb A1c - good control

2003

42.0%

66.4%

70.8%

Ab A1c > 9%

2003

17.8%

11.6%

9.6%

LDL in diabetes

2003

83.5%

90.8%

90.9%

LDL < 100 in diabetes

2003

39.2%

63.1%

66.0%

Eye exam in diabetes

2003

56.5%

75.0%

72.5%

Microalbumin tested

2003

38.8%

78.6%

81.2%

Influenza vaccine, diabetes

2003

38.6%

61.6%

59.8%

BP documented in diabetes

2003

38.7%

90.0%

90.7%

BMI documented in diabetes

2008

81.8%

88.0%

84.8%

Pneumococcal vaccine, diabetes

2008

76.3%

81.9%

84.4%

BP controlled in diabetes

2011

82.3%

83.7%

83.0%

Diabetic nephropathy

2011

31.5%

30.5%

32.1%

Cholesterol tested, 35-54y

2003

60.2%

86.1%

88.1%

Cholesterol tested, 55-74y

2003

63.2%

76.7%

75.3%

LDL controlled

2013

83.5%

83.9%

84.2%

LDL < 100 in high risk patients

2013

27.8%

30.8%

34.4%

BP documented, 20-54y

2003

21.8%

91.2%

92.5%

BP documented, 55-74y

2003

30.6%

81.9%

80.8%

Body-mass index documented

2008

56.5%

88.2%

89.6%

Smoking status documented

2011

79.4%

87.9%

90.7%

Statins in ischemic heart disease

2014

 

82.2%

82.4%

Hemoglobin test in infants

2008

71.7%

85.3%

88.3%

Anemia in infants

2014

 

8.1%

8.2%

Benzodiazepines, elderly

2011

4.9%

5.2%

4.8%

Tertiary prevention, hip fracture

2015

25.5%

25.5%

28.1%

Antibiotics DDD per 1000

2014

 

20.8

19.1

Use of cephalosporins/quinolones

2014

 

22.1%

25.2%

Community psychiatrist care following psychiatric admission

2015

 

32.5%

37.3%

  1. Bold print represents substantial improvement in comparison with previous time point (see Methods section). COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PAP smear Papanicolaou smear, LDL low-density lipoprotein, BP blood pressure, DDD defined daily dose