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Continuous Variable Measures (HAP/CAH)
Joint Commission Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures for Hospitals (HAP/CAH)
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Continuous variable measures are measures in which the value of each measurement can fall anywhere along a continuous scale (e.g., the time [in minutes] from hospital arrival to administration of thrombolysis).
The following aggregate data elements are required to be entered for continuous variable measures:
Maximum Observation
Name: | Maximum Observation |
Aggregated For: | Continuous variable measures |
Definition: | The measure's largest observed value for those cases represented in the data element Population for the month. The observed value is the Measurement Value that is calculated for each case as it is processed through the algorithm and received a measure category assignment = ‘D’ for the measure or stratum |
Allowable Values: | 0 through 10,000,000 .000 (calculate to 4 decimals and round to 3 decimals where 5 rounds up) |
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