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CHIP state premiums and cost sharing CHIP financing: states can set premiums and cost
sharing on sliding scale based on income; premiums permitted within limits; cost sharing
permitted within limits; annual limit of 5% of income
CHIP evaluations congressionally mandated evaluations: new reports to Congress, health
services research on access, quality, costs
status disparities
care disparities health care disparities encompass disparities in health care access, quality,
and outcomes
indicators of health measure that helps quantify the achievement of a goal (good health),
ability to compare over time
measurement categories structure, process, outcome, patient experience
structural measurement category
process measurement category
outcome measurement category
determinants of health the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors
that influence health status
direct contributing factors Affect the level of a determinant
, indirect contributing factors Affect the level of direct contributing factors; more likely to be
controllable and a basis for intervention
high quality health care characteristics safe, timely, efficient, effective, equitable, patient
centered
safe Avoiding injuries to patients form the care that is intended to help them
timely Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays of those who receive as well as those
who give care
efficient Avoiding waste, incl waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy
effective Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and
refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit (avoiding underuse and overuse,
respectively)
equitable Providing care that tdoes not vary in quality bc of personal characteristics such as
gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status
patient centered Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient
preferences, needs, and value and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
disparities in health care quality Racial or ethnic disparities are differences in the quality of
health care received by members of different racial or ethnic groups that are not explained by
other (acceptable or appropriate) factors
CHIP state premiums and cost sharing CHIP financing: states can set premiums and cost
sharing on sliding scale based on income; premiums permitted within limits; cost sharing
permitted within limits; annual limit of 5% of income
CHIP evaluations congressionally mandated evaluations: new reports to Congress, health
services research on access, quality, costs
status disparities
care disparities health care disparities encompass disparities in health care access, quality,
and outcomes
indicators of health measure that helps quantify the achievement of a goal (good health),
ability to compare over time
measurement categories structure, process, outcome, patient experience
structural measurement category
process measurement category
outcome measurement category
determinants of health the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors
that influence health status
direct contributing factors Affect the level of a determinant
, indirect contributing factors Affect the level of direct contributing factors; more likely to be
controllable and a basis for intervention
high quality health care characteristics safe, timely, efficient, effective, equitable, patient
centered
safe Avoiding injuries to patients form the care that is intended to help them
timely Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays of those who receive as well as those
who give care
efficient Avoiding waste, incl waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy
effective Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and
refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit (avoiding underuse and overuse,
respectively)
equitable Providing care that tdoes not vary in quality bc of personal characteristics such as
gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status
patient centered Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient
preferences, needs, and value and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
disparities in health care quality Racial or ethnic disparities are differences in the quality of
health care received by members of different racial or ethnic groups that are not explained by
other (acceptable or appropriate) factors
