IHS Access to Dental Services/GPRA Reporting
Characteristics
Measures Not Included in PCDH Framework
Measure Concept
Utilization: Use of any dental or oral health service
Descriptions
AI/AN patients who have received dental services within the past year
Numerator: Patients with documented dental visit during the Report Period;
Does not include refusals.
Denominator: Number of beneficiaries who routinely access the IHS health system (must have been seen at least once in the 3 years prior to the end of the time period, regardless of the clinic type, and the visit must be either ambulatory (including day surgery or observation) or a hospitalization; the rest of the service categories are excluded
Stratified by following age groups: 05, 6-21, 22-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-74, >=75
Measure or Standard
Measure
Populations
Children and Adults
Level of Measure
Program/Plan
Data Source
Patient Records/EDR/EMR
Measure Identification
IHS/GPRA Reporting; DQA Starter Set Measures Environmental Scan (2012); Practice Based Measures Environmental Scan (2015); NQF Environmental Scan (2012)
Developer/Steward
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Stage of Development/Use
In use for IHS system reporting