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Abstract #301679

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Activity Number: 313
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301679
Title: The Quality Framework: A Guide for Measuring Quality at the National Center for Health Statistics
Author(s): Kenneth W. Harris*+
Companies: National Center for Health Statistics
Address: 3311 Toledo Rd., Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
Keywords: principles ; methodology ; integrity
Abstract:

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the federal agency responsible for the collection and dissemination of the nation's vital and health statistics. To carry out its mission, NCHS conducts a wide range of annual, periodic, and longitudinal sample surveys and administers the national vital statistics registration system. In October 2002, as the result of a mandate from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to all federal statistical agencies, NCHS documented its quality guidelines on the NCHS web site. As a follow-up to that activity many agencies, including NCHS, began to systematically identify and document all aspects of their quality related procedures. This paper describes the quality control and quality-enhancing activities conducted at NCHS.

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