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Child and Adult Health Care Quality Measures

Performance rates on frequently reported health care quality measures in the CMS Medicaid/CHIP Child and Adult Core Sets, for FFY 2018 reporting.

Freshness

Last posted
Period covered
Update frequency
Annually

Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.

Columns 18

ColumnWhat it meansType
StatestateThe state that reported the measure.string
DomaindomainDomain of the Core Set under which the measure is categorized.string
Reporting Programreporting_programThe Core Set (Child or Adult) for which the state reported the measure.string
Measure Namemeasure_nameFull name of the Core Set measure.string
Measure Abbreviationmeasure_abbreviationAbbreviation of the Core Set measure.string
Rate Definitionrate_definitionFull description of the measure's rate.string
FFYffyThe Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) for which the state reported the measureinteger
PopulationpopulationPopulation that the state reported is included in the measurestring
MethodologymethodologyThe data collection method the state used to calculate the measurestring
State Ratestate_rateRate reported by the statestring
Number of States Reportingnumber_of_states_reportingThe number of states that reported the rate for the reporting year using Core Set specifications.integer
MedianmedianThe median of the rates reported by states.string
Bottom Quartilebottom_quartileThe bottom quartile of the rates reported by states.string
Top Quartiletop_quartileThe top quartile of the rates reported by states.string
NotesnotesProvides context on the non-numeric values in the state_rate field (#, NR), if these values are populated for the state's rate.string
State-Specific Commentsstate_specific_commentsContext on the state's reported data, including comments from the state on the measure.string
SourcesourceDescribes the source of the data.string
Rate Used in Calculating State Mean and Medianrate_used_in_calculating_state_mean_and_medianIndicates whether the state's rate was used to calculate the state mean and median.string

At a glance

Catalog
data.medicaid.gov
Publisher
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data.medicaid.gov
Rows
2,826
Columns
18
State column
state
Topics
Quality and ratings

API

Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:

https://data.medicaid.gov/api/1/datastore/query/229d6279-e614-5353-9226-f6a6f37d06c3/0?limit=10

To keep only one state, filter on the state column.

Versions 5

The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.

  • 2018posted Sep 26, 2019
  • 2017posted Aug 5, 2019
  • 2016posted Oct 25, 2018
  • 2015posted Oct 25, 2018
  • 2014posted Aug 3, 2017

CMS's description

Performance rates on frequently reported health care quality measures in the CMS Medicaid/CHIP Child and Adult Core Sets, for FFY 2018 reporting. Source: Mathematica analysis of MACPro and Form CMS-416 reports for the FFY 2018 reporting cycle. For more information, see the Children's Health Care Quality Measures and Adult Health Care Quality Measures webpages.

The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id mcd:229d6279-e614-5353-9226-f6a6f37d06c3. This record as JSON.

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