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Well-Child Visits Overall Rank: 68
Well child visits: Child visits the doctor six times in the first 15 months of life at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 15 months of age; children from two to six years old have annual checkups.
Diagnosis and initiation of treatment at very early stages of the disease, when little or minimum intervention can bring therapeutic results (e.g., within the first two years of illness).
Additional Domain(s) : Accessibility, Children
Rationale
Well-Child Visits - It is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics that a child visit the doctor six times in the first year of life. Visits should be around 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. Regular visits to the doctor are the best way to assure normal physical, developmental, behavioral and emotional growth.
The American Academy of Pediatrics also recommends that children from two to six years old have annual checkups with their doctor. Language and learning problems can be detected early so that a child can get help needed for improvement.
Primary Reference
New Mexico Health Policy Commission. Consumer Guide to Managed Care 2003. Retrieved on August 3, 2006 from: http://www.healthlinknm.org/guide/Managed%20Care_2004/About_This_Guide/2003_chir.pdf
Level of Evidence
III: Preliminary research evidence only or evidence based on consensus opinion only.

Summarized CommentsAdd Comment
  • If the indicators are intended to be about the primary care team why is this item restricted to visits to "the doctor"? Checking intervals are too specific to be readily implemented as a successful, accurate, effective measure.
  • These visits should include questionnaires/approach for primary care practitioners to explore mental/emotional development. The currently used Rourke scales focus on the physical/academic milestones. Development of emotional quotient, exposure to domestic
  • * This is already pretty much the case - need to make sure visits include assessment for emotional issues to make this relevant to quality of MH care in primary care.
  • * I see stronger evidence or support for child or family outreach modes to identify or reach high risk families.
  • * First Nations often cannot do this due to access.
Variation in Results
Ratings-based Rank
Relevance 93
Actionability 42
Overall Importance 69
 
Stakeholder Rank
Academics 74
Clinicians 60
Consumers 74
Decision Makers 58
 
Special Group Rank
First Nations 72
Rural Areas 87
Federal Stakeholders 63
Regional Rank
BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL YT NT NU
76 94 53 85 22 97 101 61 35 144 77 158 37
 
Overall Rank

      

68


SA15h (H255)

 
Distribution of Survey Respondent Ratings
Relevance
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1.26 1.08 2.13 2.97 6.89 4.59 21.13 40.08 19.87
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Actionability
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0 0.97 0.86 3.52 5.38 8.59 20.99 37.14 22.55
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Overall Importance
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5.98 30.52 63.49
3 2 1

3 = can live without
2 = nice to have
1 = indispensable
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