Physician office care

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Most medical care occurs in a physician's office. The indicators in this section apply to care delivered outside the hospital by the physicians of Norton Healthcare Physician Practices. The data we display here are based upon a representative sample of the more than 400,000 visits to these physicians annually.  No comparative data are available.

Click on an indicator description or on the results for more information.

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better than U.S. average near U.S. average worse than U.S. average # = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
italic number = no comparative data
  Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices Kentucky U.S.
Diabetes - percent of patients
receiving 1 or more HbA1c test(s) high 97.6    
with most recent HbA1c level > 9.0% low 12.9    
receiving at least one LDL-C test high 92.6    
with most recent LDL-C level < 130 mg/dL high 74.1    
with most recent LDL-C level < 100 mg/dL high 55.5    
who received an eye exam/evaluation high 37.9    
w/ most recent BP < 140/90 mm/Hg high 78.8    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Prevention, Immunization and Screening - percent of patients
who had one or more mammograms (women only) high 70.2    
screened for colorectal cancer high 67.0    
who received one or more PAP tests (women only) high 62.5    
age 50 and older given influenza vaccination high 41.2    
age 65 and older given pneumococcal vaccination high 58.2    
queried for tobacco use during 2-yr period high 88.5    
who smoke and received cessation intervention high #    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) - percent of patients
prescribed a lipid-lowering medication high 96.3    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Heart Failure - percent of patients
given LVF assessment high 100.0Quality Ribbon    
w/ LVSD prescribed ACEI/ARB (med) high #    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Asthma - percent of patients
prescribed proper drug therapy (persistent asthma) high #    
prescribed proper drug therapy (any severity) high 100.0Quality Ribbon    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Respiratory Infections and Pharyngitis - percent of pediatric patients
w/ URI not given antibiotic w/i 3 days of episode high 95.7    
w/ pharyngitis given proper lab test & antibiotic high 95.9    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Depression - percent of patients with new diagnosis
on antidepressant medication for 84 days high #    
on antidepressant medication for 180 days high #    
 Desired Performance Norton Healthcare Physician Practices KentuckyU.S.
Miscellaneous

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