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Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Childhood Obesity: Challenges to Measuring Quality of Care

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Process

Recognition of elevated BMI
Counseling on diet and exercise
Periodic follow-up
Assessing symptom progress

Outcome

BMI < 85th percentile

Notes:

The best measures for quality of care are clinical outcomes. When those are difficult to measure accurately, process measures that have a proven association with outcome measures are used. Process measures include elements of diagnosis, treatment, and management. For obesity, the processes recognition of elevated BMI, counseling on diet and exercise, and frequent follow up are linked to improved clinical outcome of lowered BMI.

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