High Priority: No; N/A
Percentage of patients age 2 years and older with allergic rhinitis who are offered intranasal corticosteroids (INS) or nonsedating oral antihistamines.
Denominator:
All patients age 2 years and older with a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis.
Denominator Exclusions:
None
Denominator Exceptions:
Patients with an allergy to oral antihistamines or intranasal corticosteroids.
Patients with prostate cancer or benign prostatic hypertrophy as these patients may be intolerant of medications.
Patients with a history of epistaxis due to intranasal steroids use.
Patient refusal.
Numerator:
Patients who are taking intranasal steroids (INS) or non-sedating oral antihistamines. A prescription for or medication
reconciliation of over the counter medications can be used to identify patients taking medications.
Measure Classifications:
- Measure Type: Process
- National Quality Strategy (NQS) domain: Effective Clinical Care
- Meaningful Measure Area: Medication Management
- Calculation: 1st Performance Rate
- Inverse measure: No
- Continuous measure: No
- Proportional measure: Yes
- Ratio measure: No
- Risk Adjusted measure: No
