Community Health Checkup

The Community Health Checkup reports on nearly 25,000 Northeast Ohio adults who received care during 2007 in two ways:

• OUTCOMES show how doctors' practices and their patients did on key indicators of good diabetes control.
• PROCESSES show how practices and their patients did at getting recommended tests, treatments and vaccinations.

What do these numbers tell us?

As patients and consumers of health care, we're not used to thinking about the quality of health care, at least not in terms of numbers. But the numbers allow all of us to focus attention on important aspects of good diabetes control we need to work on.

The measures of routine care -- processes -- tell us about important things we should make sure our health care team does.

The outcomes standards tell us that patients and doctors must work in partnership to help people better manage aspects of their health that increase their risk for experiencing the serious consequences of diabetes.

The regional information describes important care processes and outcomes measures for nearly 25,000 diabetics aged 18-75 who received care at one of thirty primary care practices within the Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente or MetroHealth Systems.

Learn more about the impact of insurance , race/ethnicity , education and income on these measures.

For answers to some frequently asked questions about the Checkup, visit About the Checkup .

Learn more about what we did and how we did it in our Community Health Checkup Report.

Learn more about our partner practices.