High Priority: No; N/A
Percentage of patients age 6 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of OME who received tympanostomy tube insertion and received a hearing test within 6 months prior to tympanostomy tube insertion.
Denominator:
All patients age 6 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of OME who received tympanostomy tube insertion.
Denominator Exclusions:
None
Denominator Exceptions:
Patient or caregiver(s) refusal of hearing test.
Numerator:
Patients who had a hearing test performed within 6 months prior to tympanostomy tube insertion.
Measure Classifications:
- Measure Type: Process
- National Quality Strategy (NQS) domain: Effective Clinical Care
- Meaningful Measure Area: Appropriate Use of Healthcare
- Calculation: 1st Performance Rate
- Inverse measure: No
- Continuous measure: No
- Proportional measure: Yes
- Ratio measure: No
- Risk Adjusted measure: No
