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Children's Asthma Care

Click on the indicator description to get the full picture of the parameters used to assess performance.

Key

better than
U.S. average
< 1%

near U.S.
average
within 1%

worse than
U.S. average
> 1%

# = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
NA = non-applicable
NP = no patients
* = according to Hospital Compare
we show a quality cross if a hospital has the best score possible

	Desired Performance	UCMC 4Q 11	HMH 4Q 11	Maryland* U.S.* 2Q 10 - 1Q11
Children’s Asthma Care (CAC) treatment - percent of CAC patients
meeting all 3 applicable indicators	high	100%	NA
children who received reliever medication while hospitalized for asthma	high	100%	NA	NA	100%
children who received systemic cortiosteriod while hospitalized for asthma	high	100%	NA	NA	100%
children/caregivers that received a home management plan of care document while hospitalized for asthma	high	94.4%	NA	NA	80%

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