Child Health Quality Measures 2010
1 - Young Adult Health Care Survey (YAHCS)Organization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: 54-item survey given to teenagers that assesses whether young adults (age 14 and older) are receiving nationally-recommended preventive services.
Intend to re-submit under "child health quality measures" rubric
Type: Process
2 - Well-Child Visits in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Years of LifeOrganization: National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description: The percentage of members 3–6 years of age who received one or more well-child visits with a PCP during the measurement year.
Type: Process
3 - Well-Child Visits in the First 15 Months of LifeOrganization: National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description: The percentage of members who turned 15 months old during the measurement year and who had the following number of well-child visits with a PCP during their first 15 months of life.
•No well-child visits
•One well-child visit
•Two well-child visits
•Three well-child visits
•Four well-child visits
•Five well-child visits
•Six or more well-child visits
Type: Process
4 - Vision ScreeningOrganization: National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description: The percentage of children who had a vision screening and proper follow-up. Three rates are reported:
1. By age 6 years
2. By age 13 years
3. By age 18 years
Type: Process
5 - Usual source for sick and well careOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Whether child has a source of care that is known and continuous, both for sick and well care
Type: Process
6 - Use of mental health servicesOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Assesses if children have received any treatment or counseling from a mental health professional in the past 12 months
Type: Outcome
7 - Unmet needs for specialist careOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Measures how many children needed to see a specialist but did not receive specialist care in the past 12 months
Type: Outcome
8 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome CounselingOrganization: National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description: The percentage of children who turned 6 months old during the measurement year and who had Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) counseling and proper follow-up between 0 months and 6 months of life.
Type: Process
9 - Shared decision makingOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Measures whether parent is actively engaged as a partner in child's care (satisfaction with care and engagement in decision-making)
Type: Process
10 - Risky Behavior ScreeningOrganization: National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description: The percentage of adolescents who turned 18 years old during the measurement year and who had a risky behavior screening and proper follow-up performed during the two years prior to the child's 18th birthday.
Type: Process
11 - Referral to intervention within 48 hours (EHDI-4b)Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Description: This measure assesses the percent of infants and young children referred to intervention within 48 hours of the confirmation of permanent hearing loss.
Type: Process
12 - Provider engages parent around developmental health concernsOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Assesses quality of care by asking parents if their doctor specifically asked of any concerns they have with their child's (age 0-5 years) development
Type: Process
13 - Promoting Healthy Development Survey (PHDS)Organization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: 43-item survey given to parents of children ages 3 to 48 months that assesses parent’s experience with care for the provision of preventive and developmental services consistent with American Academy of Pediatrics and Bright Futures practice guidelines.
Intend to re-submit under "child health quality measures" rubric
Type: Process
14 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES — CHILDOrganization: HealthPartners
Description: The rates represent the percent of enrolled members ages 18 and younger by end of measurement period, who are up-to-date (UTD) for all appropriate preventive services and the up-to-date rate by each service type. The measure includes preventive screening appropriate to each member’s age and gender including immunizations and vital statistics.
Type: Process
15 - Preventive medical visitsOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Assesses how many medical preventive visits in a 12 month period (does not include visits related to specific illnesses)
Type: Outcome
16 - Preventive dental visitsOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Assesses how many preventive dental visits in a 12 month period (does not include visits related to specific dental issues)
Type: Outcome
17 - Prenatal & Postpartum CareOrganization: National Committee for Quality Assurance
Description: The percentage of deliveries of live births between November 6 of the year prior to the measurement year and November 5 of the measurement year. For these women, the measure assesses the following facets of prenatal and postpartum care.
•Timeliness of Prenatal Care. The percentage of deliveries that received a prenatal care visit as a member of the organization in the first trimester or within 42 days of enrollment in the organization.
•Postpartum Care. The percentage of deliveries that had a postpartum visit on or between 21 and 56 days after delivery.
Type: Process
18 - Personal doctor or nurseOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Whether child has one or more doctors, nurses or other healthcare providers who know the child well
Type: Process
19 - Parent report of BMI statusOrganization: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative
Description: Age and gender specific calculation of BMI based on parent reported height and weight of child
Type: Outcome
20 - Outpatient hearing screening of infants who did not complete screening before hospital discharge (EHDI-1c)Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Description: This measure assesses the percent of infants not screened at birth who receive outpatient screening by 30 days of age.
Type: Process
