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Toolbox Contents
Understanding Quality Measurement
What Is Quality?
Top of Page
Uses of Quality Measurement
Program Management
Why Child Health Measures?
Developmental Status and Change Differential Epidemiology Dependence Demographic Patterns Children with Chronic Health Conditions Want More Information?
Established Child Health Care Quality Measures
Overview: Existing Measurement Sets Advantages of Using Established Measures Quality Measures in State Reports
CAHPS®: Consumer Assessment of Health Plans
AHRQ QIs: AHRQ Quality Indicators
HEDIS®: Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
Title V Maternal and Child Health Programs
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI): Promoting Healthy Development Survey (PHDS)
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI): Young Adult Health Care Survey (YAHCS)
Examples of How States Use Quality Measures
Mental Health Quality Measures
Emerging Measures
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI)
ORYX™
Choosing Quality Measures
Some Planning Suggestions
Develop Your Own?
Before You Begin
Developing Detailed Specifications Data Issues to Keep in Mind
Sampling Reliability and Validity Field Testing An Alternative to Consider: Customizing Existing Measures State-Designed and State-Negotiated Quality Measures Want More Information?
Resources
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family StatisticsSummary Health Statistics for U.S. Children Advancing State Child Indicators Initiatives
Internet Citation:
Child Health Care Quality Toolbox: Toolbox Contents. July 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/chtoolbx/toolcon.htm