Assignment task:
Access and Affordability: Seven indicators, including insurance coverage for children and adults, out-of-pocket expenses for health insurance and medical care, cost-related barriers to receiving care, and receiving dental care.
- Prevention and Treatment: Fifteen indicators, including quality of ambulatory, hospital, postacute, and long-term care settings, and receiving preventive and needed mental health care
- Potentially Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost: Thirteen indicators, including avoidable hospital and ED use, per person spending among Medicare beneficiaries and working-age adults with employer-sponsored insurance
- Healthy Lives: Twelve indicators, including premature death; health status; health risk behaviors, including smoking and obesity; and tooth loss (Radley, Collins, & Hayes, 2019)
Why are the four dimensions of a national scorecard a good selection of indicators?