Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Progress Report

Consensus on Criteria Definitions (continued)

• Importance:
  • The measure should be actionable.
  • Cost of the condition to the Nation should be substantial.
  • Health care systems are clearly accountable for the quality problem assessed by the measure.
  • The extent of the quality problem should be substantial.
  • There should be documented variation in performance on the measure.
  • The measure should be representative of a class of quality problems: "sentinel measure" of quality of care provided for preventive care, mental health care, or dental care, etc.