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Quality of Care Indicators

National Summary for 2008

1080 Grantees

SECTIO SECTION A - AGE CATEGORIES FOR PRENATAL PATIENTS (GRANTEES WHO PROVIDE PRENATAL CARE ONLY)
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PRENATAL CARE PATIENTS
AGE		Number of Patients (a)	Percent
1.	Less than 15 Years	2,673	0.6%
2.	Ages 15 - 19	84,527	17.5%
3.	Ages 20 - 24	155,557	32.2%
4.	Ages 25 - 44	238,486	49.4%
5.	Ages 45 and Over	1,165	0.2%
6.	Total Patients (Sum lines 1-5)	482,408	100.0%

SECTION B - TRIMESTER OF ENTRY INTO PRENATAL CARE
Trimester of First Known Visit for Women Receiving Prenatal Care During Reporting Year		Women Having First Visit with Grantee		Women Having First Visit with Another Provider		% Total
		(a)	%	(b)	%	% Total
7.	First Trimester	295,741	61.3%	16,778	3.5%	64.8%
8.	Second Trimester	127,452	26.4%	9,068	1.9%	28.3%
9.	Third Trimester	29,078	6.0%	4,290	0.9%	6.9%

SECTION C - CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION RATE
Childhood Immunization Rate		Total Number Patients with 2nd Birthday During Measurement Year (a)	Estimated number patients immunized (b)	Estimated % patients immunized (c)
10.	Number of children who have received required vaccines who had their 2nd birthday during measurement year	311,684	218,313	70.0%

SECTION D - PAP TEST
Pap Test		Total Number of Female Patients 21-64 Years of Age (a)	Estimated number patients tested (b)	Estimated % patients tested (c)
11.	Number of female patients aged 21-64 who had at least one PAP test performed during the measurement year or during one of the previous two years	5,107,148	2,906,985	56.9%

Percents may not equal 100% due to rounding

The childhood immunization and Pap test rates are based on the total of the estimated number of patients tested or immunized for each health center divided by the total number patients in the applicable category (i.e., the universe) for each measure.