The Impact of a Birth Clerk Training Program on California Birth Data Quality 1998-2009
THE IMPACT OF A BIRTH CLERK TRAINING PROGRAM ON CALIFORNIA BIRTH DATA QUALITY 1998-2009 By Linda L Remy, MSW PhD Geraldine Oliva, MD MPH Ted Clay, MS Geraldine Oliva, MD MPH, Director UCSF Family Health Outcomes Project 500 Parnassus Ave. Room MU-337 San Francisco, California 94143-0900 Phone: 415-476-5283 Fax: 415-476-6051 Web: http://www.ucsf.edu/fhop January 2013 Blank page intentionally inserted UCSF Family Health Outcomes Project Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 Background 3 Study Design and Methods 4 Results 9 Discussion 29 Recommendations 31 Appendix A: Hospital Crosswalk 35 Appendix B: Hospitals Combined Due to Consolidations or Moves 37 Appendix C: Trainings 38 Appendix D: Excluded Hospitals 40 Appendix E: Hospitals Carried Forward 42 Appendix F: Dependent Variables Prepared for Analysis 46 Endnotes 50 This work was carried out under Contract A107398, with the California Department of Public Health. The authors particularly appreciate the support of Gwyn Doebbert and Scott Fujimoto at California’s Office of Health Informatics and Research, Alan Oppenheim at the California Center for Health Statistics, and Joyce Martin and her staff at the Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics. Suggested Citation: Remy LL, Oliva G, Clay T (2013). The impact of a birth clerk training program on California birth data quality 1998-2009. Family Health Outcomes Project, University of California, San Francisco. Available at: fhop.ucsf.edu/ UCSF Family Health Outcomes Project Page iii ACRONYMS AVSS Automated
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