The percentage of deliveries of live births between November 6 of the year prior to the measurement year and November 5 of the measurement year. For these women, the measure assesses the following facets of prenatal and postpartum care:
Rate 1: Timeliness of Prenatal Care. The 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.
Rate 2: Postpartum Care. The percentage of deliveries that had a postpartum visit on or between 21 and 56 days after delivery.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
This measure assesses whether pregnant women had timely prenatal and postpartum care visits. It has two rates, one assessing the timeliness of prenatal visits, and one assessing the timeliness of postpartum visits.
Denominator
The percentage of deliveries of live births between November 6 of the year prior to the measurement year and November 5 of the measurement year.
Exclusions
Non-live births
Measure Record
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