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Quality of Care for Children and Adolescents
A Review of Selected Clinical Conditions and Quality Indicators
This report is one of five volumes providing detailed information on the QA Tools, RAND’s comprehensive, clinically based system for assessing quality of care for children and adults. The QA Tools indicators encompass screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in 46 clinical areas and cover a variety of modes of providing care, including history, physical examination, laboratory study, medication, and other interventions and contacts. Development of each indicator was based on the ratings of a panel of experts in the relevant fields and on a focused review of the scientific literature, which is clearly documented for each clinical condition. This volume focuses on indicators for care of children and adolescents. Each chapter summarizes the results of the literature review for a particular condition, provides RAND staff’s recommended indicators based on that review, and lists the cited studies. In addition, this work details the process by which the expert panel evaluated the indicators and the final disposition of each indicator. Clinical conditions covered in this volume are: Acne, preventive services, allergic rhinitis, asthma, attention deficit disorder, cesarean delivery, depression, developmental screening, diabetes mellitus,acute diarrheal disease, family planning/contraception, fever without source of infection in children under 3 years of age, headache, immunizations, otitis media, acute otitis media, prenatal care, sickle cell screening, tuberculosis, upper respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, vaginitis and sexually transmitted diseases, well child care. Other RAND Health titles on the QA Tools system focus on indicators for general medicine, oncology and HIV, cardiopulmonary conditions, and women.
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General Medical ConditionsOncologic Conditions and HIVCardiopulmonary ConditionsWomen
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Contents
Preface PDF
Tables PDF
Figures PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Introduction PDF
Chapter 1:
Acne PDF
Chapter 2:
Adolescent Preventive Services PDF
Chapter 3:
Allergic Rhinitis PDF
Chapter 4:
Asthma PDF
Chapter 5:
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder PDF
Chapter 6:
Cesarean Delivery PDF
Chapter 7:
Depression PDF
Chapter 8:
Developmental Screening PDF
Chapter 9:
Diabetes Mellitus PDF
Chapter 10:
Diarrheal Disease, Acute PDF
Chapter 11:
Family Planning/Contraception PDF
Chapter 12:
Fever Without Source of Infection in Children Under 3 Years of Age PDF
Chapter 13:
Headache PDF
Chapter 14:
Immunizations PDF
Chapter 15:
Otitis Media PDF
Chapter 16:
Prenatal Care PDF
Chapter 17:
Sickle Cell Screening and Select Topics in Prevention of Complications PDF
Chapter 18:
Tuberculosis Screening PDF
Chapter 19:
Upper Respiratory Infections PDF
Chapter 20:
Urinary Tract Infections PDF
Chapter 21:
Vaginitis and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Diagnosis and Treatment) PDF
Chapter 22:
Well Child Care PDF
Appendix A:
Definitions for Indicator Tables PDF
Appendix B:
Panel Rating Sheets PDF
Appendix C:
Indicator Crosswalk Table PDF
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