Health and Well-Being (Phase 1) Final Report 

Social, environmental, and behavioral factors can have significant negative impact on health outcomes and economic stability for individuals and populations. These factors, along with other upstream determinants, contribute up to 60 percent of deaths in the United States—yet only 3 percent of national health expenditures are spent on prevention, while 97 percent are spent on healthcare services. Population health emphasizes factors beyond disease, illness, and clinical care. It includes a focus on health and well-being, prevention and health promotion, and disparities in outcomes and improvement activities within a group and/or among groups. Given its multi-dimensional focus, developing strategies to strengthen the measurement and analysis of health and well-being can best be accomplished using a collaborative approach that includes public health, healthcare delivery systems, and other key sectors whose policies, practices, and procedures influence health. Using the right measures can determine how successful initiatives are in improving population health and help focus future health improvement initiatives in appropriate areas. In this project, measures submitted focused on key areas of oral health, screening, and community-level indicators of health and disease. This report focuses on the evaluation of seven newly submitted and seven health and well-being measures undergoing maintenance review for suitability as voluntary consensus standards.