Table 1. Measures Recommended for Initial Core Set of Children's Health

Selected Findings From the 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

Table 1. Measures Recommended for Initial Core Set of Children's Health Care Quality for Voluntary Reporting by Medicaid and CHIP Programs, Measure Labels by Legislative Category

Legislative Measure Topic/subtopic	Measure number	Current measure label
Prevention and health promotion
Prenatal/Perinatal Care	1	Frequency of ongoing prenatal care
	2	Timeliness of prenatal care—percentage of deliveries that received a prenatal care visit as a member of the organization in the first trimester or within 42 days of enrollment in the organization
	3	Percentage of live births weighing less than 2,500 grams
	4	Cesarean rate for low-risk first birth women (National Quality Forum [NQF])
Immunizations	5	Childhood immunization status (NQF 0038)
Immunizations	6	Immunizations for adolescents
Screening	7	Body mass index documentation for 2- to 18-year-olds (NQF 0024)
	8	Screening using standardized screening tools for potential delays in social and emotional development—Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) Initiative measures
	9	Chlamydia screening for women (NQF 0033)
Well-Child Visits (WCVs)	10	WCVs in the first 15 months of life
	11	WCVs in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth years of life
	12	WCVs for children 12-21 years of age—with primary care physician or obstetrician/gynecologist
Dental Care	13	Total eligibles receiving preventive dental services (EPSDT measure line 12B)
Management of acute conditions
Appropriate Use of Antibiotics	14	Appropriate testing for children with pharyngitis (NQF 0002)
Appropriate Use of Antibiotics	15	Otitis media with effusion—avoidance of inappropriate use of systemic antimicrobials in children ages 2-12
Dental Care	16	Total EPSDT eligibles who received dental treatment services (EPSDT CMS Form 416, Line 12C)
Emergency Care	17	Emergency department (ED) utilization—average number of ED visits per member per reporting period
Inpatient Safety	18	Pediatric catheter-associated bloodstream infection rates (pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit (NQF 0139)
Management of chronic conditions
Asthma	19	Annual number of asthma patients (≥1 year old) with one or more asthma-related ED visits (S/AL Medicaid Program)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	20	Followup care for children prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication (continuation and maintenance phase) (NQF 0108)
Mental Health	21	Followup after hospitalization for mental illness
Diabetes	22	Annual hemoglobin A1c testing (all children and adolescents diagnosed with diabetes)
Family experiences of care
	23	CAHPS® Health Plan Survey 4.0, Child Version, including Medicaid and Children With Chronic Conditions supplemental items
Availability
	24	Children and adolescents' access to primary care practitioners, by total and age

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Current as of June 2010

Internet Citation: Table 1. Measures Recommended for Initial Core Set of Children's Healt: Selected Findings From the 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Dispar. June 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/children-table.html