Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only

Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2018A)

Release Notes:
Data Element
Version 2018A

Data Element Name:

Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only

Collected For:

All Records, Transmission, Patient Population Data File, Used in transmission of the Hospital Initial Patient Population Data file.

Note:

For more information, refer to the Population and Sampling Specifications section and Hospital Initial Patient Population Data XML File Layout in the Transmission section of this manual.

Definition:

Indicates the number of episode of care (EOC) records identified for a hospital with Medicare NOT listed as a payment source for a hospital to perform data abstraction on. This count is after the appropriate sampling methodology, if any, has been applied for the specific time period.

Notes for discharge measures (eg HBIPS-1, STK-1, PC-01):

If the hospital is sampling the HBIPS discharge measures, then the Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only should be equal or less than the Initial Patient Population Size — Non-Medicare Only for the set, stratum, or sub-population.
If the hospital is not sampling the discharge measures, then the Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only will equal the Initial Patient Population Size — Non-Medicare Only for the set, stratum, or sub-population.

Notes for HBIPS event measures (HBIPS-2 and 3):

Hospitals may not sample the HBIPS event measures. For these two measures, the Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only equals the Initial Patient Population Size — Non-Medicare Only for the set, stratum, or sub-population.

Suggested Data Collection Question:

Not Applicable

Format:

Length:	6
Type:	Numeric
Occurs:	Non-stratified Measure Sets: One Sample Size — Non Medicare Only per hospital's measure set (e.g., GLB). Stratified Measure Sets: One Sample Size — Non Medicare Only per measure set stratum or sub-population the hospital is participating in: * The PC measure set has three occurrences, one for the mother sub-population and two for the newborn sub-populations. * The HBIPS measure set has four occurrences, one for each age stratum. * The STK measure set has two occurrences, one for each sub-population. Note: Refer to the appropriate version of the Specifications Manual for National Quality Inpatient Measures for the number of occurrences for the VTE measure set.

Allowable Values:

0 through 999,999

Notes for Abstraction:

For Discharge measures (eg. HBIPS-1,PC-01), when Sampling Frequency = N/A' because the hospital has five or fewer discharges (both Medicare and non-Medicare combined) in a quarter and has decided to not submit patient level data, Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only should equal zero.

Suggested Data Sources:

Not Applicable

Additional Notes:

Guidelines for Abstraction:

Inclusion	Exclusion
None	None

Sample Size — Non-Medicare Only

Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures (v2018A)
Discharges 07-01-18 (3Q18) through 12-31-18 (4Q18)