Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Progress Report

Meeting July 23, 2009: Assessing Measure Importance

• Evaluated importance for measures with passing validity and feasibility in Round 1:
  • Validity score of 7-9.
  • Feasibility score of 4-6.
• Delphi process to assess importance:
  • 9-point scale:
    • 7-9: Measure of clear importance.
    • 4-6: Level of importance uncertain.
    • 1-3: Measure does not meet importance criteria.
• Measures with an importance score of 4 or higher on the 9-point Delphi scale were retained in the preliminary set of core measures.