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Functional status assessment for patients with dementia

Measure Purpose: Identify functional status deficits

The numerator: Patients for whom an assessment of functional status* is performed and the results reviewed at least once within a 12-month period

is divided by

the denominator: all patients with dementia (see measure specification for complete list of qualifying diagnoses)

Exclusions are removed from the denominator for:

  • Documentation of a medical reason for not assessing functional status

Key Phrases

Examples of key phrases you could use to meet the measure include:

Must assess both ADLs and IADLs.

IADL component:

  • Bristol ADL
  • Katz ADL
  • FAQ (Followed by numerical score)

ADL component:

  • Barthel ADL
  • Barthel Index
  • Bristol ADL

 

Measure Calculation Example

Dr. Okafor sees 100 patients between January 1 and December 31 with a diagnosis of dementia. This is the denominator. 

Of the 100 patients, Dr. Okafor assesses functional status for 74 patients.

Quality of patient care = 74/100. Dr. Okafor has a score of 74% for this measure.