AHRQ Measures

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) develops and maintains various measures to assess the quality, safety, and effectiveness of healthcare services (AHRQ QIs). These measures include the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs), Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), and Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs). They are used by healthcare providers, policymakers, and researchers to identify issues, monitor progress, and compare performance to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.

The PQIs are available now in The Tuva Project. The individual measures and definitions as of the 2023 update are:

PQI Number	PQI Name	PQI Description
01	Diabetes Short-Term Complications Admission Rate	Hospitalizations for a principal diagnosis of diabetes with short-term complications (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma) per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.
03	Diabetes Long-Term Complications Admission Rate	Hospitalizations for a principal diagnosis of diabetes with long-term complications (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other specified, or unspecified) per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.
05	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or Asthma in Older Adults	Hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma per 100,000 population, ages 40 years and older.
07	Hypertension Admission Rate	Hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of hypertension per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.
08	Heart Failure Admission Rate	Hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of heart failure per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.
11	Community Acquired Pneumonia Admission Rate	Hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia per 100,000 population, ages 18 years or older.
12	Urinary Tract Infection Admission Rate	Hospitalizations with a principal diagnosis of urinary tract infection per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.
14	Uncontrolled Diabetes Admission Rate	Hospitalizations for a principal diagnosis of uncontrolled diabetes without mention of short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other specified, or unspecified) complications per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.
15	Asthma in Younger Adults Admission Rate	Hospitalizations for a principal diagnosis of asthma per 100,000 population, ages 18 to 39 years.
16	Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Patients with Diabetes Rate	Hospitalizations for diabetes and a procedure of lower-extremity amputation (except toe amputations) per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older.