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Table 3 Quality Measure Rates of SyntheticMass versus State/National Rates

From: The validity of synthetic clinical data: a validation study of a leading synthetic data generator (Synthea) using clinical quality measures

Measure

SyntheticMass Rate

Massachusetts Rate

National Rate

Colorectal Cancer Screening

68.7% (68.5, 68.9%) (215,919/314,355)

77.3%

69.8%a

COPD 30-Day Mortality: Strict

0.7% (0, 1.7%) (3/409)

7.0% (1233/17636)

8.0%

COPD 30-Day Mortality: Expanded

4.7% (4.6, 4.8%) (8612/181,458)

7.0% (1233/17636)

8.0%

Complications of Hip/Knee Replacement

0% (0/207)

2.9% (700/23949)

2.8%

Controlling High Blood Pressure

0% (0/241,311)

74.52%

69.7a%

  1. Numbers in parentheses represent lower and upper limits for 95% confidence interval, respectively
  2. aMedicare PPO Reported Rate: Measure reported rates not available from HospitalCompare, rate acquired from HEDIS Medicare PPO rate. HEDIS reports rates for Medicare PPO and HMO, Medicaid PPO, Commercial PPO and HMO. Reported compliance rates for Colorectal Cancer Screening range from 58.3% to 69.8 and for Controlling High Blood Pressure range from 54.5 to 69.7%