Patients 18-85 years Initial patient Birthdate >=18 If no BP is recorded during measurement period, AHRQ US AHRQ who had a diagnosis years before start population patient’s BP is assumed controlled”. Health “not of hypertension and of measurement Exclusion: Pregnancy, ESRD Information whose BP was period and < 85 Knowledge adequately controlled years before start Base (below 140/90) of measurement during most recent period. Diagnosis: office visit Active during measurement Hypertension period. CMS Percentage of patient 1885 Percentage of Patients 18-85 Exclusion: diagnosis of pregnancy during patients in years who had a years who had a diagnosis measurement year, all patients who had an denominator whose diagnosis of of hypertension and whose admission to a non-acute inpatient setting during most recent BP is essential BP was adequately measurement year, evidence of end stage renal adequately controlled hypertension and controlled (<140/90 failure on or prior to end of measurement year. (systolic BP <140 whose BP was mmHg) during mmHg and diastolic adequately measurement period. BP <90 mmHg) controlled (below during measurement 140/90) during year. For a patient’s most recent office BP to be controlled, visit during both systolic and measurement diastolic period. BP must be <140/90.
AHRQ Patients 18-85 years who had a diagnosis of hypertension and whose BP was adequately controlled (below 140/90) during most recent office visit during measurement period. Initial patient population Birthdate >=18 years before start of measurement period and < 85 years before start of measurement period. Diagnosis: Active Hypertension If no BP is recorded during measurement period, patient’s BP is assumed “not controlled”. Exclusion: Pregnancy, ESRD AHRQ US Health Information Knowledge Base CMS Percentage of patient 1885 years who had a diagnosis of hypertension and whose BP was adequately controlled (<140/90 mmHg) during measurement period. Percentage of patients in denominator whose most recent BP is adequately controlled (systolic BP <140 mmHg and diastolic BP <90 mmHg) during measurement year. For a patient’s BP to be controlled, both systolic and diastolic BP must be <140/90. Patients 18-85 years who had a diagnosis of essential hypertension and whose BP was adequately controlled (below 140/90) during most recent office visit during measurement period. Exclusion: diagnosis of pregnancy during measurement year, all patients who had an admission to a non-acute inpatient setting during measurement year, evidence of end stage renal failure on or prior to end of measurement year.
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