Which of the following is NOT among the five data categories to be collected in home care performance and outcome measurement for nutrition support?

• A. Mortality
• B. Hospital readmission
• C. Complications
• D. Adverse medication reactions

Answer: (D)

The key idea is that home-care nutrition support outcome measurement focuses on outcomes directly tied to the nutrition therapy and its impact on the patient’s health and care needs. Mortality and hospital readmission are fundamental health outcomes and indicators of care effectiveness, while complications reflect problems specifically related to the nutrition support itself (such as catheter issues or metabolic disturbances). The remaining categories typically include measures of nutritional status and functional or quality-of-life outcomes to show whether nourishment and support are maintaining or improving the patient’s condition at home. Adverse medication reactions, though important for overall safety, fall outside nutrition-support–specific outcome data—they belong to medication safety surveillance rather than the five nutrition-support data categories. Therefore, adverse medication reactions are not among the five data categories collected for home care nutrition support performance and outcome measurement.