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Measures by Domain

Browse by primary measure domain to find measures represented in NQMC that are linked to a particular domain of measurement. For definitions of each measure domain, see the Glossary.

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Access
Access: Access to care is the attainment of timely and appropriate health care by patients or enrollees of a health care organization or clinician.

  1. Access measures are supported by evidence that an association exists between the measure and the outcomes of or satisfaction with care.
Example: The percentage of members 12 months to 19 years of age who had a visit with a primary care practitioner in the past year (based on evidence that annual visits lead to better health outcomes for children and youth).
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Adults' access to preventive/ambulatory health services: percentage of members 20 years and older who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit. 2011 Jul. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:007132
National Committee for Quality Assurance - Health Care Accreditation Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)
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Annual dental visit: percentage of members 2 to 21 years of age who had at least one dental visit during the measurement year. 2011 Jul. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:007134
National Committee for Quality Assurance - Health Care Accreditation Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)
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Children and adolescents' access to primary care practitioners (PCP): percentage of members 12 months to 19 years of age who had a visit with a PCP. 2011 Jul. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:007133
National Committee for Quality Assurance - Health Care Accreditation Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)
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Medical home: percentage of children and adolescents who meet the threshold for having a medical home according to a subset of questions from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health. 2007 Apr. NQMC:005619
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative - Nonprofit Organization; Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Service Administration - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]; National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)
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Patients' experience: the percent of routine booked appointments with doctors in the practice that are not less than 10 minutes (8 minutes for practices with only an open surgery system). 2009 Mar. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005123
British Medical Association - Medical Specialty Society; National Health Service (NHS) Confederation - National Government Agency [Non-U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)
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Postpartum care: percentage of deliveries that had a postpartum visit on or between 21 and 56 days after delivery. 2011 Jul. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:007138
National Committee for Quality Assurance - Health Care Accreditation Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)
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