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Table 2 Preventive Care and Healthcare Quality Measures

From: Associations between the patient-centered medical home and preventive care and healthcare quality for non-elderly adults with mental illness: A surveillance study analysis

Preventive Care and Quality Measure

Measure Description

Eligible Participants

Sample Sizes Included in Analyses

Healthcare rating

Gave all healthcare in last 12 months a 9 or 10 rating on a scale of 0 (worst) to 10 (best)

Participants who received healthcare in last 12 months

4773

Cervical cancer screening

Had most recent pap test within past 3 years

Women age 23–62 who have not had a hysterectomy at any time

3133

Breast cancer screening

Had most recent mammogram within past 2 years

Women age 51 and older

1461

Colorectal cancer screening

Had most recent blood stool test within past year, most recent colonoscopy within past 10 years, or most recent sigmoidoscopy within past 5 years

Participants age 50 and older in panels 14–16 who have not had colon or rectal cancer at any timea

1531

Current smoking

Smoked at the time the survey was conducted

All participants

6697

Smoking cessation advice

Doctor advised to quit smoking in last 12 monthsb

Current smokers

1382

Flu shot

Had flu shot within past year

All participants

6758

Foot exam

Health professional checked feet for sores or irritations at least once in past year

Participants with diabetes

640

Eye exam

Had dilated eye exam within past year

Participants with diabetes

643

Follow-up after emergency room (ER) visit for mental illness

Had at least one office-based provider or hospital outpatient visit with any provider with a primary diagnosis of mental illness within 7 days of the first ER visit with a primary diagnosis of mental illness

Participants with an ER visitc with a primary diagnosis of mental illness

245

  1. a Data is not available in MEPS to measure receipt of colorectal cancer screening, as defined in this study, for panels 12 and 13
  2. b Participants who did not have any visits to a doctor in the last 12 months were coded as not receiving smoking cessation advice
  3. c Excludes ER visits that occurred after the first 11 months of the second measurement year, as well as ER visits followed by an ER visit for mental health or a hospitalization for any reason within the follow-up period