Use of systemic corticosteroids in pediatric asthma patients (age 2 through 17 years) admitted for inpatient treatment of asthma. This measure is a part of a set of three nationally implemented measures that address children’s asthma care (CAC-1: Relievers for Inpatient Asthma, CAC-3: Home Management Plan of Care (HMPC) Document Given to Parent/Caregiver) that are used in The Joint Commission’s accreditation process.
This measure assesses the proportion of pediatric asthma patients discharged from an inpatient hospital stay with a Home Management Plan of Care (HMPC) document in place. This measure is one of a set of three nationally implemented measures that address children’s asthma care (CAC-1: Relievers for Inpatient Asthma, and CAC-2: Systemic Corticosteroids for Inpatient Asthma) that are used in The Joint Commission’s accreditation process.
31- questions that supplement the CAHPS Child Survey v 3.0 Medicaid and Commercial Core Surveys, that enables health plans to identify children who have chronic conditions and assess their experience with the health care system. Level of analysis: health plan – HMO, PPO, Medicare, Medicaid, commercial
Percentage of patients aged 6 through 17 years with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder with documented evidence that they met the DSM-IV criteria [at least 5 elements with symptom duration of two weeks or longer, including 1) depressed mood (can be irritable mood in children and adolescents) or 2) loss of interest or pleasure] during the visit in which the new diagnosis or recurrent episode was identified
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).
Percentage of children 2 years of age who had four diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DtaP); three polio (IPV); one measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); three haemophilus influenza type B (HiB); three hepatitis B (HepB); one chicken pox (VZV); four pneumococcal conjugate (PCV); one hepatitis A (HepA); two or three rotavirus (RV); and two influenza (flu) vaccines by their second birthday. The measure calculates a rate for each vaccine.
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.