Outcomes Framework - Statistics

The Statistic will look slightly different if it is showing an Effectiveness or Efficiency Metric. The general layout is the same, the statistic numbers have different meanings. This will explain those differences and how to read each one.

Effectiveness Metric Statistics

Whenever you create an Effectiveness Metric, the system will show you statistics of the patients in the system and whether they will be displayed in the result. In order to be in the final number, the patient needs to be part of the "Entity", measured on the "Scale", within the "Example Dates", in the "Time Period", meet all the "Inclusion Criteria", and meet at least one of the "Success Criteria".

This is what the Statistics look like on the Metric Dashboard.

See here for how to access and use the Metric Dashboard.

This is what the Statistics look like on the Metric Details page.

See here for how to access and use the Metric Details page.

These graphs display the same information. The only difference is the placement of the numbers.

This graph helps break down which patients will be displayed in the analysis, and which will not. Please note that the tool does not calculate the power of results based on the sample size, so please keep that in mind when drawing conclusions.

The "Treated" number indicates the number of patients who began care within the specified Dates, fall within the specified Entity, and have been measured two or more times on the selected Scale.
The "In time period" number further specifies from the "Treated" patients those who had a valid measurement during the specified time period. By default the Treatment Episode Response - Depression (PHQ-9) template measures success after the 3rd month of Treatment Episode, so in that example, the "Treated" patients with a valid PHQ-9 measurement in the 3rd month of Treatment Episode count in the "In time period" number. Details on how to customize "Time Period" can be found here.
The "Included" number counts the number of patients who were "Treated" and "In time period" who meet all the "Inclusion Criteria". This filters out patients who were of the wrong severity to start or did not establish a viable baseline. Details on how to change "Inclusion Criteria" can be found here.
The "Successful" number counts the number of patients who were "Treated, In time period", "Included", AND meet one of the "Success Criteria". For the PHQ-9 template, we measure success as Treatment Episode Response, which means an improvement of greater than 5 points. See more on "Success Criteria" here.
Finally the large percentage value labeled "successful" by default displays the percentage of "Included" patients who are "Successful". It is calculated as "Successful" patients / "Included" patients. In the "Aggregation" settings in "Configure Your Metrics", this can be changed to the "Number (#) of patients". This will be the exact same number as the "Successful" number.

Efficiency Metric Statistics

Whenever you create an Efficiency Metric, the system will show you statistics of the patients in the system and whether they will be displayed in the result. In order to be displayed, the patient needs to be part of the "Entity", measured on the "Scale", within the "Example Dates", meet all the "Inclusion Criteria", and meet at least one of the "Triggers".

This is what the Statistics look like on the Metric Dashboard.

See here for how to access and use the Metric Dashboard.

This is what the Statistics look like on the Metric Details page.

See here for how to access and use the Metric Details page.

These graphs display the same information. The only difference is the placement of the numbers.

The "Treated" number indicates the number of patients who began care within the specified Dates, fall within the specified Entity, and have been measured two or more times on the selected Scale.
The "Included" number counts the number of patients who were "Treated" and meet all the "Inclusion Criteria". This filters out patients who were of the wrong severity to start or did not establish a viable baseline. Details on how to change "Inclusion Criteria" can be found here.
The "Triggered" number counts the number of patients who were "Treated", "Included", AND meet one of the "Trigger Criteria". See more on Trigger Criteria here.
Finally the large value labeled "avg days" displays the average number of days it took for "Included" patients to reach a "Trigger Criteria". This is the number that always shows for Efficiency Metrics.

Combined Metric Statistics

Whenever you create a Combined Metric, the system will show you the top-level value statistic for each metric in the combination. This is what combined metric statistics look like on the Metric Dashboard:

This is what combined metric statistics look like on the Metric Details page

These graphs display the same information. The only difference is the placement of the legend. These graphs also display the same information as the corresponding effectiveness and efficiency metrics they're composed of.

Next Steps

Now that you understand what the Statistics mean based on your metric settings, feel free to adjust more of your settings to understand your patient population! We recommend adjusting the settings for each of the statistics to understand how they chance. Information on how to adjust each are in the bullet description of each statistic.