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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 Apr 30;29(7):910–918. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2019.8146

TABLE 2.

Evaluation Criteria and Scoring for Preconception Care Indicators

Criterion (weight) Description of criterion Scoring
Clinical utility (30%) This criterion assessed whether the indicator could improve pregnancy health and/or improve long-term health. This criterion was independently assessed by two CDC medical officers.

  1. Not likely to improve either pregnancy outcomes or long-term women’s health outcomes

  2. Potentially improves pregnancy outcomes or long-term women’s health outcomes

  3. Potentially improves both pregnancy outcomes and long-term women’s health outcomes
Included in clinical recommendations (25%) Determine whether or not the indicator is included in or addressed by professional recommendations.

  1. Not related to any of the listed recommendations

  2. Related to at least one group’s recommendation

  3. Related to 2+ group’s recommendations
Data availability (20%) This criterion assesses the availability of data for the indicator.

  1. Available in select reporting areas

  2. Available every other year in all reporting areas

  3. Available every year in all reporting areas
Related to a HP2020 objective or NQF measure (10%) Determine whether or not the indicator is included in or addressed by HP2020 objectives or NQF measures.

  1. Not a HP2020 objective or NQF measure

  2. HP2020 or NQF measure

  3. HP2020 and NQF measure
Related to the condensed set preconception health indicators (10%) Inclusion in the condensed set of preconception health indicators was considered to be evidence of relevance and indicators with such evidence received higher scores.

  1. Not related to any of the condensed set of preconception health indicators

  2. Related to one or more of indicators in the condensed set of preconception health indicators
Target population (i.e., proportion of women who need the service) (5%) State whether the target population that the indicator pertains to is the entire population of the data source or a subset of women for the data source.

  1. Subset of either data source

  2. All women with live births

  3. All women of reproductive age
Prevalence Prevalence estimate of the PCC indicator in all available reporting areas. Unscored
Simplicity—calculating the indicator Level of difficulty in calculating estimates of the indicator. Unscored

HP, healthy people; NQF, National Quality Forum.