Patient Safety 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 Patient Safety Indictors (PSIs). 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 PSI.

• Guide to Patient Safety Indicators

• Ver. 3.0a, May 2006
  • PSI Guide - Word® format
  • PSI Guide - PDF format  | (PDF help)
• Ver. 3.0, February 2006
  • PSI Guide - Word® format
  • PSI Guide - PDF format | (PDF help)
  • Operating Room Procedure Codes - Word® format
  • Operating Room Procedure Codes PDF format | (PDF help)
• Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2, October 2004 - January 2005
  • Word® format, zipped — 961 KB
  • PDF format — 1.9 MB | (PDF help)
• Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, May 2003 - October 2004
  • Word® format, zipped — 961 KB
  • PDF format — 1.12 MB | (PDF help)

• PSI Technical Specifications
  • Ver. 3.0a, May 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)
  • Ver. 3.0, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)

Software and Documentation

• Population File
  • Ver. 3.1,  March 2007
    • Zipped — 10.4 MB
  • Ver. 3.0,  February 2006
    • Zipped — 10.2 MB
• SAS® PSI Software
  • Ver. 3.1a,  June 2007
    • Zipped — 182 KB
  • Ver. 3.1,  March 2007
    • Zipped — 180 KB
  • Ver. 3.0a,  May 2006
    • Zipped — 144 KB
  • Ver. 3.0,  February 2006
    • Zipped — 144 KB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 3a,  February 2005
    • Zipped — 3.7 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2a,  November 2004
    • Zipped — 6.49 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2,  October 2004
    • Zipped — 6.49 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1,  May 2003 - October 2004
    • Zipped — 2.43 MB
      
• SAS® PSI Software Documentation
  • Ver. 3.0, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format  | (PDF help) 
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 3a, February 2005
    • Word® format — 2.6 MB
    • PDF format — 784 KB | (PDF help) 
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 2, October 2004
  • Word® format — 2.3 MB
  • PDF format — 784 KB | (PDF help) 
  • Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, May 2003 - October 2004
  • Word® format — 1.25 MB
  • PDF format — 784 KB | (PDF help)
     
• SPSS® PSI Software
  • Ver. 3.0a, May 2006
    • Zipped
  • Ver. 3.0, February 2006
    • Zipped
  • Ver. 2.1 Rev. 3a, February 2005
    • Zipped — 3.6 MB
  • Ver. 2.1 Rev. 2a, November 2004
    • Zipped — 3.1 MB
  • Ver. 2.1 Rev 2, October 2004
    • Zipped — 6.4 MB
  • Ver. 2.1, May 2003 - October 2004
    • Zipped — 2.38 MB
• SPSS® PSI Software Documentation
  • Ver 3.0, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1 Rev. 3a, February 2005
    • Word® format — 2.4 MB
    • PDF format — 968 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1 Rev. 2, October 2004
    • Word® format — 2.2 MB
    • PDF format — 968 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, May 2003 - October 2004
    • Word® format — 1.23 MB
    • PDF format — 968 KB | (PDF help)
       
• PSI Covariates used in in Risk Adjustment
  • Ver 3.0, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 3a, February 2005
    • Word® format — 2.6 MB
    • PDF format — 330 KB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 2a, November 2004
    • Word® format — 2.5 MB
    • PDF format — 3.5 MB | (PDF help)
  • Ver 2.1, Rev. 2, October 2004
    • Word® format — 1.7 MB
    • PDF format — 2.8 MB | (PDF help)

Other

• Change Log to PSI Guide and Software
  • Word® format — 135 KB
    May 2003 - present
  • PDF format — 56 KB | (PDF help)
    May 2003 - present
     
• PSI ICD-9-CM Coding Changes
  • Version 3.0, February 2006
    • Word® format
    • PDF format | (PDF help)
       
  • Rev. 3, October 2004 - February 2006
    • Word® format — 60 KB
    • PDF format —43 KB | (PDF help)
       
  • Rev. 2, March 2003 - October 2004
    • Word® format — 103 KB
      March 2003 - October 2004
    • PDF format — 78 KB | (PDF help)
      March 2003 - October 2004
       

  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.

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  Internet Citation:
  Patient Safety Indicators Archive. AHRQ Quality Indicators. March 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/psi_archive.htm