Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) who Receive Services Needed for Transition to Adult Health Care

CBE ID

1340

1.5 Project

Health and Well Being

Endorsement Status

Endorsement Removed

1.0 New or Maintenance

Maintenance

1.1 Measure Structure

Single Measure

Previous Endorsement Cycle

Full Year 2015

Is Under Review

1.6 Measure Description

Whether children with special health care needs (CSHCN) ages 12-17 have doctors who usually/always encourage increasing responsibility for self-care AND (when needed) have discussed transitioning to adult health care, changing health care needs, and how to maintain insurance coverage

Measure Specs

General Information

1.7 Measure Type

Outcome

1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)

1.8 Level of Analysis

Other

Population: Regional and State

1.9 Care Setting

Other

1.20 Types of Data Sources

Instrument-Based Data

Numerator

1.14 Numerator

Percentage of youth with special health care needs who receive services needed for transition to adult health care services

Denominator

1.15 Denominator

Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) age 12-17 years

Exclusions

Excluded from denominator if child does not fall in target population age range of 12-17 years and/or if child does not have one or more special health care needs (non-CSHCN).

Measure Record

Most Recent Endorsement Activity

Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Health and Well Being Project 2015-2017

Initial Endorsement

2011-08