“What is Measured Matters” and “What Matters should be Measured”

Breastfeeding is unique to a woman, and as many women’s issues, has been relegated to the unrecognized and largely unsupported “women’s work” by our United States health care system and society. Breastfeeding is an important indicator and promoter of health status for both mother and child. Breastfeeding’s potency as a health indicator and protector of health makes it deserving of accurate and comprehensive assessment, documentation, and monitoring. Increasing breastfeeding continuation rates for greater dose-related benefits is part of our national Healthy People 2030 goals, but we are underperforming and haphazard in breastfeeding data assessment and documentation needed to guide our actions in accordance with our goals. Accurate, comprehensive and real-time breastfeeding data is urgently needed in order to assess and manage breastfeeding support resources and actions to increase breastfeeding rates.

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Influence of Perceived Physical and Mental Health Status and Co-Occurring Chronic Conditions on Health Care Expenditures Among Community-Dwelling Adults With Kidney Cancer in the United States: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2016.03.1560 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. A144

Author(s):

M Gharaibeh ◽

I Riaz ◽

M Kamal ◽

S Bhattacharjee

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Status ◽

Propensity Score ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Health Care Expenditures ◽

The United States ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Physical And Mental Health

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASSESSMENT ON HEALTH CARE QUALITY AT COMMUNE HEALTH CENTERS IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.34071/jmp.2017.4.7 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 53-61

Author(s):

Minh Tam Nguyen ◽

Thi Hoa Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Health Care ◽

Patient Satisfaction ◽

Health Status ◽

Care Quality ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Health Centers ◽

Important Indicator ◽

Care Services ◽

Primary Care Services

Background: Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of healthcare quality. Better satisfaction is associated with greater adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Primary care is considered the basic structure of many healthcare systems. Evaluation of healthcare provision is essential in the ongoing assessment and consequent quality improvement of healthcare services. Objective: To describe and analyze the determinants associated with patient assessment and satisfaction in primary care. Methods: The survey was conducted with 519 households and 209 patients at 18 commune health centers. The questionnaire included sociodemographic variables, health status, and use and satisfaction with primary care services. We undertook descriptive analyses, bivariate correlations to study the relationship between levels of satisfaction and the explanatory variables for demographics, health status and health services for households and patients. Results: The majority of households and patients were satisfied with the health care services at primary health care facilities. Satisfaction of waiting time, communication and counseling by healthcare providers was high. We found significant associations between the level of satisfaction and owning health insurance card, the first contact point assigned at CHCs, the severity of illness episodes, and health condition of participants. Conclusions: The results provide evidence on factors that should be taken into account in the planning and development of health policies with respect to the quality and delivery of primary care services in order to enhancing the satisfaction of clients. Key words: consumer satisfaction, patient satisfaction, primary care, quality indicators

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Self-efficacy in Breastfeeding Predicts How Mothers Perceive Their Preterm Infant’s State-Regulation

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1174477/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Karlsson Rosenblad ◽

Eva-Lotta Funkquist

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Preterm Infants ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Longitudinal Design ◽

State Regulation ◽

Breastfeeding Support ◽

Good State ◽

Mothers Of Preterm Infants ◽

Breastfeeding Rates

Abstract Background: Mothers of preterm infants often perceive the infant as having problems with crying, sleeping and feeding, sometimes summarised as ‘state-regulation’. Breastfeeding rates are lower among preterm infants, and the mother’s self-efficacy in breastfeeding is central to understanding which mothers are going to breastfeed their infants. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the late preterm infant’s mother’s self-efficacy in breastfeeding was associated with how the mother experienced her infant’s state-regulation at three months of corrected age.Methods: The study had a prospective and longitudinal design with a consecutive data collection through questionnaires. Results: The analyses showed that being an older mother, perceiving breastfeeding support, and having a higher breastfeeding self-efficacy were all significantly associated with identifying the infant as having better state-regulation. Conclusion: There was an association between mothers’ self-efficacy in breastfeeding and her perceptions of how good state-regulation the infant had. This is an important finding, as self-efficacy is a manageable factor that could positively affect how the mother perceives taking care of her infant.Clinical implication: Health care professionals should target mother’s self-efficacy in breastfeeding to improve mother-infant relationship.

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Health Status, Use of Health Care Resources, and Treatment Strategies of Ethiopian and Nigerian Immigrants in the United States

Social Work in Health Care ◽

10.1080/00981389.2011.581999 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 50 (6) ◽

pp. 466-481 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Josphine Chaumba

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Status ◽

Treatment Strategies ◽

The United States ◽

Health Care Resources ◽

Nigerian Immigrants ◽

Use Of Health Care

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Health, United States, 2019

10.15620/cdc:100685 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Renee Gindi ◽

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Insurance ◽

Health Status ◽

Insurance Coverage ◽

Health Care Expenditures ◽

The United States ◽

Care Utilization ◽

Personal Health ◽

Health Statistics

Health, United States, 2019 is the 43rd report on the health status of the nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Health, United States series presents an annual overview of national trends in key health indicators. The 2019 report presents trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization and access, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures in a 20-figure chartbook. The Health, United States, 2019 Chartbook is supplemented by several other products including Trend Tables, an At-a-Glance table, and Appendixes available for download on the Health, United States website at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/ index.htm. The Health, United States, 2019 Chartbook contains 20 figures and 20 tables on health and health care in the United States. Examining trends in health informs the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policies and programs. The first section (Figures 1–13) focuses on health status and determinants: life expectancy, infant mortality, selected causes of death, overdose deaths, suicide, maternal mortality, teen births, preterm births, use of tobacco products, asthma, hypertension, heart disease and cancer, and functional limitations. The second section (Figures 14–15) presents trends in health care utilization: use of mammography and colorectal tests and unmet medical needs. The third section (Figures 16–17) focuses on health care resources: availability of physicians and dentists. The fourth section (Figures 18–20) describes trends in personal health care expenditures, health insurance coverage, and supplemental insurance coverage among Medicare beneficiaries. The Highlights section summarizes major findings from the Chartbook. Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2019. Hyattsville, MD. 2021.

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