The Quality Improvement Demonstration Study: An example of evidence-based policy-making in practice

Table 1 Summary of Measures Collected for QIDS Assessments of Patients, Households, Physicians and Facilities

			Household Survey
Measure	Facility Survey	Patient Exit Survey	Follow-home	Panel
Quality of Care
Clinical Vignettes	X
Structural survey of facility	X
Patient Response
Utilization and cost		X	X	X
Service characteristics		X	X	X
Demographics
SES		X	X	X
Expenditures and charges		X	X	X
Home Observation and Measurement of the Environment (HOME)			X	X
Subjective Health
General Self Reported Health		X	X	X
Objective Health
Anthropometrics		X	X	X
Blood screening:
Lead		X		X
Hemoglobin		X	X	X
Folate		X		X
C-reactive protein		X	X	X
Cognitive Development
Bayley Scales of Infant Development			X	X
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence			X	X

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