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


Population usually or always able to see a dentist as soon as needed for emergency dental care

Characteristics
QUALITY- AND SAFETY-FOCUSED

Component
Patient-reported outcomes and patient experience indicators

Measure Concept
Satisfaction with timeliness of needed dental care

Descriptions
Proportion responding 'usually' or 'always' to the question: In the last six months, if you needed to see a dentist right away because of a dental emergency, did you get to see a dentist as soon as you wanted?

Measure or Standard
Measure

Populations
Children and Adults

Level of Measure
Program/Plan

Data Source
Survey

Measure Identification
Oregon Health Authority

Developer/Steward
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Stage of Development/Use
AHRQ/CAHPS

Measure Endorsement