Asthma Care Quality Improvement

A Resource Guide for State Action

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action and its companion workbook, Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action. This Resource Guide was designed in partnership with the Council of State Governments to help States assess the quality of asthma care and create quality improvement strategies.

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By Rosanna M. Coffey, Ph.D., Karen Ho, M.H.S., David M. Adamson, Ph.D., Trudi L. Matthews, M.A., Jenny Sewell

Contents

Foreword
Summary
Introduction
Module 1: Making the Case for Asthma Care Quality Improvement
   The Need for Asthma Care Quality Improvement
   The Quality Improvement Opportunity
   Estimating the Costs of Asthma Care and Potential Savings From Quality Improvement
Module 2: A Framework for State-Led Quality Improvement
   Quality Health Care and the Quality Improvement Movement
   A Strategic Role for States
   Developing a Framework for State-Led Quality Improvement
   Information Resources for Quality Improvement
Module 3: Learning From Current State Quality Improvement Efforts
   Current State Efforts To Improve the Quality of Asthma Care
Module 4: Measuring Quality of Care for Asthma
   Quality Measurement
   Multiple Dimensions of Quality for Asthma Care
   Data Sources for Asthma Quality of Care
   Using Benchmarks To Develop State Performance Estimates
   Factors That Affect Quality of Asthma Care
Module 5: Moving Ahead—Implications for State Action
References
Acknowledgments
Asthma Steering Committee
Appendixes:
A. Acronyms Used in This Resource Guide
B. Medicaid Spending on Asthma by State
C. National and State Asthma Programs
D. Asthma Measures
E. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Measures, Data, and Benchmarks
F. Other Asthma-Related Data Sources
G. Benchmarks from the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)
H. Information on Statistical Significance

Current as of April 2006
AHRQ Publication No. 06-0012-1

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Internet Citation:

Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action. AHRQ Publication No. 06-0012-1, April 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/asthmacare/

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