title: Quantifying preventive asthma care delivered at office visits: the Preventive Asthma Care-Composite Index (PAC-CI).
abstract: Our objective was to develop a composite index to measure and quantify preventive asthma care delivered in the primary care office. We documented preventive actions used for children with asthma at the time of an office visit and weighted actions based on their intensity to create a composite index. The usefulness of the index was supported by significant correlations with several measures of symptom severity. The composite index also varied by visit type, with the highest scores noted for asthma-related visits, compared to well-child and other illness visits. This composite index has potential use for research and quality improvement efforts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the Strong Children's Research Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. jill_halterman@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Jill S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Halterman
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitzman
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McMullen
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fagnano
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: H Lorrie
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yoos
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents