AHRQ – Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) Composite Measure Workgroup

Final Report - April 7, 2006

This report summarizes the work of the PQI Composite Measure Workgroup, which was convened to assist Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in developing a composite measure based on the Prevention Quality Indicators for use in the National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report.

The intended use of the PQI composite is to provide national estimates that can be tracked over time, and to provide state estimates than can be compared with the national estimate and to each other.