The Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AM-PAC) is a functional status assessment instrument developed specifically for use in facility and community dwelling post acute care (PAC) patients. It was built using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods to achieve feasible, practical, and precise measurement of functional status (Hambleton 2000, Hambleton 2005).
The Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (Child HCAHPS) Survey is a standardized survey instrument that asks parents and guardians (henceforth referred to as parents) of children under 18 years old to report on their and their child’s experiences with inpatient hospital care.
The performance measures of the Child HCAHPS survey consist of 39 items organized by overarching groups into the following 18 composite and single-item measures:
Communication with Parent
1. Communication between you and your child’s nurses (3 items)
Age and gender specific calculation of BMI based on parent reported height and weight of child. The measure uses CDC BMI-for-age guidelines in attributing overweight status (85th percentile up to 94th percentile) and obesity status (95th percentile and above).
Measures how many times per week child 6-17 years exercises vigorously (based on AAP and CDC recommendations)
Determines the perentage of children who live with a smoker and if that smoker smokes inside the child´s house
This measure ascertains the perceived safety of child´s school.
The measure aims to ascertain the perceived difficulty in obtaining referrals for children when needed for optimum health.
Assesses if children age 1-17 years have had a toothache, tooth decay or cavities in the past 6 months
The measure is designed to ascetain whether or not current insurance program coverage is adequate for the child´s health needs--whether the out of pocket expenses are reasonable; whether the child is limited or not in choice of doctors; and whether the benefits meet child´s healthcare needs.
This measure ascertains the parents´ perceived safety of child´s community or neighborhood.