Child and adolescent health and health care quality : measuring what matters

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Label

Child and adolescent health and health care quality : measuring what matters

Title remainder

measuring what matters

Statement of responsibility

Committee on Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies

Creator

• National Academies (U.S.), Committee on Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures

Subject

• Child -- United States
• Child Health Services -- United States
• Child health services -- Government policy
• Child health services -- Government policy -- United States
• Children -- Health and hygiene
• Children -- Health and hygiene -- United States
• Children -- Social conditions
• Children -- United States -- Social conditions
• Electronic books
• HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health
• Adolescent -- United States
• Health status indicators -- United States
• Quality of Health Care -- standards -- United States
• Social Conditions -- United States
• United States
• Youth -- Health and hygiene
• Youth -- Health and hygiene -- United States
• Youth -- Social conditions
• Youth -- United States -- Social conditions
• Health status indicators

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"Increasing public investments in health care services for low-income and special needs children and adolescents in the United States have raised questions about whether these efforts improve their health outcomes. Yet it is difficult to assess the general health status and health care quality for younger populations, especially those at risk of poor health outcomes, because the United States has no national information system that can provide timely, comprehensive, and reliable indicators in these areas for children and adolescents. Without such a system in place, it is difficult to know whether and how selected health care initiatives and programs contribute to children's health status. Child and adolescent health and health care quality identifies key advances in the development of pediatric health and health care quality measures, examines the capacity of existing federal data sets to support these measures, and considers related research activities focused on the development of new measures to address current gaps. This book posits the need for a comprehensive strategy to make better use of existing data, to integrate different data sources, and to develop new data sources and collection methods for unique populations. Child and adolescent health and health care quality looks closely at three areas: the nature, scope, and quality of existing data sources; gaps in measurement areas; and methodological areas that deserve attention. Child and adolescent health and health care quality makes recommendations for improving and strengthening the timeliness, quality, public transparency, and accessibility of information on child health and health care quality. This book will be a vital resource for health officials at the local, state, and national levels, as well as private and public health care organizations and researchers."--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

362.1/9892/000973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

RJ102

LC item number

.N363 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

WA 320