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Accuracy and usefulness of the HEDIS childhood immunization measures.

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Objective

With the use of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization recommendations as the gold standard, our objectives were to measure the accuracy ("is this child up-to-date on immunizations?") and usefulness ("is this child due for catch-up immunizations?") of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) childhood immunization measures.

Methods

For children aged 24 to 35 months from the 2009 National Immunization Survey, we assessed the accuracy and usefulness of the HEDIS childhood immunization measures for 6 individual immunizations and a composite.

Results

A total of 12?096 children met all inclusion criteria and composed the study sample. The HEDIS measures had >90% accuracy when compared with the CDC gold standard for each of the 6 immunizations (range, 94.3%-99.7%) and the composite (93.8%). The HEDIS measure was least accurate for hepatitis B and pneumococcal conjugate immunizations. The proportion of children for which the HEDIS measure yielded a nonuseful result (ie, an incorrect answer to the question, "is this child due for catch-up immunization?") ranged from 0.33% (varicella) to 5.96% (pneumococcal conjugate). The most important predictor of HEDIS measure accuracy and usefulness was the CDC-recommended number of immunizations due at age 2 years; children with zero or all immunizations due were the most likely to be correctly classified.

Conclusions

HEDIS childhood immunization measures are, on the whole, accurate and useful. Certain immunizations (eg, hepatitis B, pneumococcal conjugate) and children (eg, those with a single overdue immunization), however, are more prone to HEDIS misclassification.

SUBMITTER: Bundy DG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3313643 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Accuracy and usefulness of the HEDIS childhood immunization measures.

Bundy David G DG Solomon Barry S BS Kim Julia M JM Miller Marlene R MR

Pediatrics 20120326 4

<h4>Objective</h4>With the use of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization recommendations as the gold standard, our objectives were to measure the accuracy ("is this child up-to-date on immunizations?") and usefulness ("is this child due for catch-up immunizations?") of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) childhood immunization measures.<h4>Methods</h4>For children aged 24 to 35 months from the 2009 National Immunization Survey, we assessed the acc ...[more]

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