Table 2.

Asthma Related Quality Improvement Goals and Outcome

Variable	Measure/Instrument	Data Source	Frequency
Quality of Life	Mini AQLQ, Mini PAQLQ, ATAQ	Individual Patient Surveys and Focus Groups	6 months
Hospitalization Rates	Inpatient Admission	CHS Hospital Data, Medicaid Data	Monthly
Acute Care Utilization	ED/Urgent Care Visits	CHS Data, Medicaid Data	Monthly
Primary Care Utilization	Primary Care Visits (Fam. Med, Peds, IM)	CHS Data, Medicaid Data	Monthly
School Attendance	Days Missed from School	School System (CMS) Data	6 months
School Performance	Test Scores	End of Grade (EOG) Test Scores	12 months
Demographics	Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Age, Insurance Type, Address	CHS System Data	Monthly
Income	Per capital household income, Home Value	Claritas, Census Data, UNC Urban Institute Data	6 Months
Housing Density/Location	Homes per sq. mile	Claritas, Census Data, UNC Urban Institute Data	6 Months
Other Medical Conditions	Obesity, Growth Delay, Developmental Delay, Upper Respirator Infections, Allergic Rhinitis, GERD, Diabetes, COPD, Cancer diagnosis, Hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure	CHS Hospital and clinical data	Monthly
Clinical Outcome Measures	FEV1, Peak Flow, BMI, Height, Tobacco Use, Tobacco Exposure, Vaccination Rates	CHS Electronic Medical Record/ Chart Abstraction	Monthly/ Quarterly
Medication Compliance	Asthma Medications Prescribed, Prescriptions Filled, Refill requests	CHS Electronic Prescribing Database, Medicaid Data	Monthly