Patient-Centered Dental Home: Clearinghouse of Existing Oral Health Quality Indicators


Dental Visit by Medicaid Children

Characteristics
Measures Not Included in PCDH Framework

Component
Not applicable

Measure Concept
Utilization: Use of any dental or oral health service

Descriptions
Percentage of Medicaid children enrolled in a plan that visits a dental provider at least once during the reporting year Numerator: Number of Medicaid children seen by a dental provider Denominator: Total number of Medicaid children enrolled in the plan

Measure or Standard
Measure

Populations
Children

Level of Measure
Program/Plan

Data Source
Administrative enrollment and claims data

Measure Identification
DQA Starter Set Measures Environmental Scan (2012)

Developer/Steward

Stage of Development/Use

Measure Endorsement