Prevention Quality Indicators Archive 

The following software and documentation are for archival purposes only and should only be used to replicate analyses conducted using the relevant version of the software. These versions of the software should not be used with current data. Some of the files below are in PDF format, help with PDF files is available.

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User Guide

The User Guide provides information that hospitals, State data organizations, hospital associations, and others can use to decide how to use the Prevention Quality Indictors (PQIs). This document provides an overview of the methods used to identify, select, and evaluate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) and includes a detailed description of each PQI.

• Guide to Prevention Quality Indicators
  • Ver. 3.0a, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 4, November 2004 - November 2005
    • Word® format, zipped — 1.2 MB
    • PDF format — 2.6 MB| (PDF help)
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 3, January 2004 - November 2004
    • Word® format, zipped — 1.2 MB
    • PDF format — 596 KB| (PDF help)
  • Rev. 2, October 2002
    • WordPerfect® format, zipped — 1.1 MB
    • PDF format — 701 KB | (PDF help)
  • Rev. 1, April 2002
    • WordPerfect® format, zipped — 1.1 MB
    • PDF format — 612 KB | (PDF help)

Software and Documentation

• SAS® PQI Software
  • Ver. 3.1a, June 2007
    • Zipped — 56 KB
  • Ver. 3.1, March 2007
    • Zipped — 56 KB
  • Ver. 3.0b, February 2006
    • Zipped — 39 KB
  • Ver. 3.0, February 2006
    • Zipped — 39 KB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 4, November 2004 - November 2005
    • Zipped — 7.6 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 3, January 2004 - November 2004
    • Zipped — 6.3 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2, January 2003
    • Zipped — 5.1 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, April 2002
    • Zipped — 2.3 MB
       
• SAS® PQI Software Documentation
  • Ver. 3.0a, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 4, November 2004 - November 2005
    • Word® format — 1.7 MB
    • PDF format — 1.6 MB | (PDF help)
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 3, January 2004 - November 2004
    • Word® format — 851 KB
    • PDF format — 395 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2, January 2003
    • Word® format — 507 KB
    • PDF format — 525 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, April 2002
    • Word® format — 470 KB
    • PDF format — 394 KB | (PDF help)

     

• SPSS® PQI Software
  • Ver. 3.0b, February 2006
    • Zipped — 10.4 MB
  • Ver. 3.0 February 2006
    • Zipped — 10.4 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 4, November 2004 - November 2005
    • Zipped — 7.6 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 3, January 2004 - November 2004
    • Zipped — 6.3 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2, January 2003
    • Zipped — 5.2 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, April 2002
    • Zipped — 2.3 MB
       
• SPSS® PQI Software Documentation
  • Ver 3.0a, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format  | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 3, November 2004 - November 2005
    • Word® format — 1.7 MB
    • PDF format — 1.6 MB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 3, January 2004 - November 2004
    • Word® format — 800 KB
    • PDF format — 334 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 2, January 2003
    • Word® format — 489 KB
    • PDF format — 490 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 1, April 2002
    • Word® format — 462 KB
    • PDF format — 365 KB | (PDF help)

Other

• Change Log to PQI Guide and Software
  • Word® format — 117 KB
  • PDF format — 37 KB | (PDF help)

• PQI Covariates, Version 3.0a, February 2006
  • Word® format
  • PDF format | (PDF help)
     
• PQI Covariates, Version 2.1, Rev. 4
  • Word® format — 796 KB
  • PDF format — 417 KB| (PDF help)
     
• Fiscal year 2006 coding changes, Version 3.0a, February 2006
  • Word® format — 28 KB
  • PDF format — 14 KB | (PDF help)
     
• Fiscal year 2005 coding changes, Version 2.1, Rev. 4
  • Word® format — 28 KB
  • PDF format — 14 KB | (PDF help)

• Fiscal year 2003 and 2004 coding changes
  • Word® format — 103 KB
  • PDF format — 78 KB | (PDF help)

Note: Although the QI program modules are free, both SAS® and SPSS® are commercially licensed software packages that must be purchased. Neither SAS® Institute Inc. nor SPSS® Inc. has any affiliation with development of the AHRQ QIs.