Slide 16. Getting more specific: A measurement framework
AHRQ NAC Subcommittee on Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP Programs
- Structure, process and outcome:
- Structure: characteristics of the resources in the health care system; presumed capacity.
- Professional—licensure, board certification.
- Facilities—government certification, accreditation, policies, procedures, Health IT capabilities.
- System—policies, procedures, incentives, regulation.
- Process (of care)—clinical activities undertaken during prevention, diagnosis, treatment, management.
- Outcomes—survival, symptom relief.
- Structure: characteristics of the resources in the health care system; presumed capacity.
Source: Donabedian, 1966