Affiliation:
1. Key Analytics and Consulting, LLC, Sarasota, Florida, USA
2. College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3. Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Abstract
Objective: This study completed the development of a standardized patient-centered dental home (PCDH) framework to align and integrate with the patient-centered medical home. This study identified measure concepts and specific measures and standards to complete the 4-level measurement framework to implement and evaluate a PCDH. This study built on prior model development, which identified the PCDH definition and characteristics and the components nested within those characteristics. Methods: An environmental scan identified existing oral health care quality measure concepts, measures, and standards for rating by the project’s National Advisory Committee (NAC). A modified Delphi process, adapted from the RAND appropriateness method, was used to obtain structured feedback from the NAC. NAC members rated measure concepts on importance and, subsequently, specific measures and standards on feasibility, validity, and actionability using a 1 to 9 rating scale. Criteria for model inclusion were based on median ratings and rating dispersion. Open-ended comments were elicited to inform model inclusion as well as identify additional concepts. Results: We identified more than 500 existing oral health care measures and standards. A structured process was used to identify a subset that best aligned with a PCDH for rating by the NAC. Four Delphi rounds were completed, with 2 rounds to rate measure concepts and 2 rounds to rate measures and standards. NAC quantitative ratings and qualitative comments resulted in a total of 61 measure concepts and 47 measures and standards retained for inclusion in the framework. Conclusions: The NAC ratings of measure concepts, and specific measures and standards nested within those concepts, completed the 4-level PCDH measurement framework. The resulting framework allows for the development and implementation of core measure sets to identify and evaluate a PCDH, facilitating quality improvement and dental-medical integration. Knowledge Transfer Statement: Clinicians, payers, health care systems, and policy makers can use the results of this study to guide and assess implementation of the various components of a patient-centered dental home and to support dental-medical integration.
Funder
CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
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