Standard and Select Practice

The CareScience Analytics analyses have two risk calculation modes: Standard Practice and Select Practice. The basic difference between the modes is the Expected value, which, in turn, affects all the metrics that use the Expected value.

Standard and Select Expected values are calculated for all outcomes except Charge for which only Standard Expected values are calculated.

Risk Calculation Mode	Description
Standard Practice	Standard Practice compares your performance (based on your case mix) to the average performance of similar patients in the Premier QualityAdvisor Database at the outcome-specific level for each disease strata.
Select Practice	Select Practice compares your performance against QualityAdvisor facilities whose performance is considered to be in a "select" or superior group. These facilities perform in the top 16% on both quality (mortality and complications) and efficiency (length of stay) measures.

For more information about working with Standard and Select Practice on analyses, see Working With Standard and Select Practice on the Grid.