Annual Parkinson's disease diagnosis review
Measure purpose: Ensure patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) had their diagnosis reviewed annually.
The numerator: patients with a diagnosis of PD who had their diagnosis reviewed
is divided by
The denominator: patients with a diagnosis of PD.
There are no exclusions for this measure.
Key Phrases
Examples of key phrases you could use to meet the measure include:
- PD diagnosis reviewed using UK Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Society Brain Bank Clinical Diagnostic Criteria
- Pt meets diagnostic criteria for PD
Measure Calculation Example
Dr. Ito sees 100 patients between January 1 and December 31 that were diagnosed with PD. This is the denominator.
Of the 100 patients, Dr. Ito reviewed diagnostic criteria for 53 patients. This is the numerator.
Quality of patient care = 53/100. Dr. Ito has a score of 53% for this measure.