Table 3b. Examples of Evaluation Measures; Additional Categories
| D2. Provider behavior and guideline conformance |
E. Disease control |
F. Health outcomes |
Provider behavior
- Prescribing of medications.
- Documentation of asthma diagnosis.
- Resolution of gaps in care.
Guideline conformance
- Frequency of specified testing.
- Eye exam rate.
- Foot exams.
- HbA1c tests.
- Procedures performed (allergen immunotherapy, pulmonary lab procedure, ventilator, perfusion imaging, influenza immunotherapy, pneumonia immunotherapy).
- Adherence to American Diabetes Association standards of care.
- Blood pressure tests.
- Microalbumin tests.
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- HbA1c values.
- BP values.
- LDL values.
- HDL levels.
- Random blood glucose.
- Weight.
- BMI.
- Cholesterol levels.
- Trigly-ceride levels.
- Self-reported severity of symptoms.
- Shortness of breath.
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- Depression scale.
- Sleep loss.
- Quality of life and well-being.
- Health status, including SF-12 and SF-36.
- Household and leisure time functioning.
- Functional impact (emotionalwell-being, daily work, social and physical activities).
- Self-reported health.
- Fatigue.
- Pain.
- Activity limitation.
- Migraine disability.
- Degree of worry.
- Complications rate.
- Mortality.
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Note: For this table, common chronic conditions are defined as asthma, cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, heart failure, and migraine headaches. Examples are taken from the literature.
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