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Brief Summary

TITLE

Tobacco cessation: percent of patients currently not using tobacco (primary care cohort).

SOURCE(S)

Office of Quality and Performance (10Q). FY2002 VHA performance measurement system. Technical Manual. Washington (DC): Veterans Health Administration (VHA); 2002 Mar 8. 137 p.

Brief Abstract

DESCRIPTION

This measure assesses the percentage of primary care cohort patients who currently do not use tobacco.

This measure is a component of a composite measure; it can also be used on its own.

RATIONALE

Each year, about 400,000 Americans die because they smoke tobacco. Smoking accounts for one out of every five deaths in the United States (U.S.). It is the most important modifiable cause of premature death, responsible annually for an estimated 5 million years of potential life lost.

PRIMARY CLINICAL COMPONENT

Tobacco use; current non-users

DENOMINATOR DESCRIPTION

The number of patients who are seen at least once by a physician (MD or DO), physician assistant (PA), or nurse practitioner (NP) at a specified clinic, excluding those individuals who visited a tertiary clinic for a specialty consult

NUMERATOR DESCRIPTION

The number of patients from the denominator currently not using tobacco

DATA SOURCE

Administrative and medical records data

Identifying Information

ORIGINAL TITLE

CPG-tobacco cessation: current non user (primary care cohort).

DEVELOPER

Veterans Health Administration

ADAPTATION

Measure was not adapted from another source.

RELEASE DATE

2001 Nov

REVISION DATE

2002 Mar

MEASURE STATUS

This is the current release of the measure.

SOURCE(S)

Office of Quality and Performance (10Q). FY2002 VHA performance measurement system. Technical Manual. Washington (DC): Veterans Health Administration (VHA); 2002 Mar 8. 137 p.

MEASURE AVAILABILITY

The individual measure, "CPG-Tobacco Cessation: Current Non User (Primary Care Cohort)," is published in "FY 2002 VHA Performance Measurement System: Technical Manual." This document is available in Word format from the Veterans Health Administration Web site.

For more information, contact Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Quality and Performance 10Q, ATTN: Stanlie Daniels, Bonny Collins, and or Lynnette Nilan. E-mail: stanlie.daniels@hq.med.va.gov or bonny.collins@hq.med.va.gov or lynnette.nilan@hq.med.va.gov

NQMC STATUS

This NQMC summary was completed by ECRI on September 27, 2002. The information was verified by the Veterans Health Administration on October 29, 2002.