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New Jersey

Strongest and Weakest Measures

New Jersey's Strongest Measures

Strongest Measures are those in which the State performed above the all-State average and are strongest among their measures relative to all reporting States. This State may be leading the way in quality in these measures.

Note: The best result for each measure can be either the highest or lowest value. The direction representing best is noted in the "Best" column.

Measure Short Name	Measure Long Name	Best
Home health care - improved mobility	Percentage of home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around	Highest
Home health care - improved pain management when mobile	Percentage of home health care patients who have less pain when moving around	Highest
Heart failure - complete instructions at discharge	Percentage of hospital patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions	Highest
Heart failure - recommended hospital care received	Percentage of hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care (evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction)	Highest
Pneumonia - pneumococcal vaccination screening in hospital	Percentage of hospital patients age 65 and over with pneumonia who received pneumococcal screening or vaccination	Highest
Suicide deaths	Suicide deaths per 100,000 population	Lowest
Nursing home long-stay residents - more depressed or anxious	Percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who are more depressed or anxious	Lowest

New Jersey's Weakest Measures

Weakest Measures are those in which the State performed below the all-State average and are weakest among their measures relative to all reporting States. These measures highlight some of the opportunities for improvement.

Note: The best result for each measure can be either the highest or lowest value. The direction representing best is noted in the "Best" column.

Measure Short Name	Measure Long Name	Best
Pneumonia vaccine ever - high-risk, age 18-64	Percentage of high-risk people ages 18-64 who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination	Highest
Pneumonia vaccine ever - age 65 plus	Percentage of adults age 65 and over who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination	Highest
Avoidable hospitalizations - diabetes, uncomplicated	Adult admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population	Lowest
Breast cancer deaths	Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year	Lowest
Nursing home short-stay residents - with pressure sores	Percentage of short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores	Lowest
Nursing home long-stay residents - high-risk with pressure sores	Percentage of high-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores	Lowest

States' specific performances on each of these measures are available in the All-State Data Table for All Measures.

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