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Quality Insights: Clinical Quality in Primary Care

Women's Health:
Chlamydia Screening (Ages 16 to 20)

Healthcare quality measure: This measure looks at women 16 to 20 years of age who are sexually active (having sex). It shows the percent of those patients who had a chlamydia screening test during the past year.

Only women who are sexually active need to have chlamydia tests. Just because a woman is on birth control pills or has a pregnancy test does not mean she is sexually active. This fact can affect the scores for this measure. Sometimes a medical group scores low – even when doctors test most women who need chlamydia tests.

Reasons for this measure: Women with untreated chlamydia infections are at risk for many health problems so screening is important. These problems include:

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
  • Increased chance of getting HIV
  • Increased chance of having cervical cancer
  • Pregnancy problems (not being able to get pregnant, or risk of dying during pregnancy)
Chlamydia is a contagious infection that is spread through sexual contact. Chlamydia has no symptoms in 3 out of 4 women who have it. Sometimes, the only way to know if a woman has chlamydia is with a screening test done as part of a routine health exam. A woman is no longer contagious once she is treated for chlamydia.

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Medical Group
Comparison
Rate
Rating
Benchmarks:
   Nat'l Average
   90th Percentile
   MA Rate		 National Average
National 90th Percentile
MA Rate
40.1%
51.1%
54.5%		  
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74.1%

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MA Rate (54.5%)

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Explanation of the Star Ratings...

  • above three benchmarksabove three benchmarksabove three benchmarksabove three benchmarks Four stars means the rate is above three benchmarks
  • above two benchmarksabove two benchmarksabove two benchmarksabove two benchmarks Three stars means the rate is above two benchmarks
  • above one benchmarkabove one benchmarkabove one benchmarkabove one benchmark Two stars means the rate is above one benchmark
  • not above benchmarksnot above benchmarksnot above benchmarksnot above benchmarks One star means the rate is not above benchmarks
  • no data available MHQP has too little data to report on this measure. This can happen when the patients or illnesses a medical group cares for are not part of this report.

The three benchmarks used for comparison are:

  • The MHQP Massachusetts Statewide Rate
  • The National 90th Percentile
  • The National Average

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and National benchmarks.

For more information on benchmarks, please see Questions & Answers.

Ways your doctor can help...

  • Let you know if you need a chlamydia screening test. This depends on your age, health, sexual activity, and family history. Young women who are sexually active are most at risk for having chlamydia.

Ways you can help...

  • Talk with a doctor about your risks of having chlamydia.
  • Make sure to have a routine health exam each year.

Ways to learn more...

 

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