TAYLOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY

Category: Home Health Care

405 JEFFERSON STREET
BEDFORD, IA 50833

Reimbursement: Medicare

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Taylor County Public Health Agency Details

Ownership Type:	Government - State/County
Date Certified:	06/23/1975

Services Offered by TAYLOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY

Services:

Nursing Care Services, Physical Therapy Services, Occupational Therapy Services, Speech Pathology Services, Home Health Aide Services

Quality Measures for TAYLOR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY

Quality measures give you information about how well home health agencies provide care for some of their patients. The measures provide information about patients' physical and mental health, and whether their ability to perform basic daily activities improved.

Measure	Provider	State Avg
Percentage of patients who get better at walking or moving around	41%	41%
Percentage of patients who get better at getting in and out of bed	38%	49%
Percentage of patients whose bladder control improves	13%	37%
Percentage of patients who have less pain when moving around	92%	60%
Percentage of patients who get better at bathing	54%	60%
Percentage of patients who get better at taking their medicines correctly (by mouth)	25%	37%
Percentage of patients who are short of breath less often	35%	55%
Percentage of patients who had to be admitted to the hospital	28%	28%
Percentage of patients who need urgent, unplanned medical care	22%	25%
Percentage of patients who stay at home after an episode of home health care ends	64%	67%
Percentage of patients who need unplanned medical care related to a wound that is new, is worse, or has become infected	0%	1%
Percentage of patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation	n/a	75%

NOTE: If you encounter "n/a" for Provider measurements, that indicates that the number of patients is too small to report. Contact the agency directly to discuss this quality measure. .

NOTE: This information is collected from two sources: The Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and Quality Improvement Evaluation System (QIES).