INDICATOR NAME
Name
Percentage of patients with diabetes for whom physicians billed the diabetes management incentive code (Q040) at least once during the past year
Alternate Name
Percentage of patients with diabetes for whom physicians billed the diabetes management incentive code (Q040) at least once during the past year
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
Percentage of your diabetes patients for whom a diabetes management incentive code (Q040) was claimed in the past year
HQO Reporting tool/product
Personalized/Custom Reports (includes Practice Reports)
Dimension
Effective
Type
Process
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
Numerator/ Denominator * 100
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Number of diabetes patients aged 18 years and older from whom Q040 was billed at least once in the past year
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Total number of diabetes patients aged 18 years and older
Data Source
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
Data provided to HQO by
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
- ODD does not differentiate between Type I and II cases
TAGS
Sector
Primary Care
Type
Process
Topic
Chronic Disease
Dimension
Effective
Source
Discharge Abstract Database (DAD), Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) Claims History Database, Registered Persons Database (RPDB)
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
12/04/2016 09:57:00