Texas State Health Plan: 1987-1988 Page: 11
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DATA NEEDS
Summary of Subject Area
The availability of health planning data is of significant
concern from both a policy and program devel-
opment perspective. Accurate and timely data are a
vital element in health policy decision-making.
Although a wide variety of health and related data
currently exists, there are gaps in these data and
technical problems with their use. A wide variety of
data needs concerns was expressed through the
issue identification process. The concerns were con-
densed into seven major areas which were used as
the basis of the subsequent concerns prioritzation
survey. Neither of the two highest ranking concerns
resulting from this survey was selected as the priority
data needs issue. The local level input in the area of
cancer data and data on high-risk infants focused
attention on the need for complete trauma injury
data, the third highest ranking concern.
Priority Issue: Incomplete trauma in-
jury data.originally included in the subject area of prevention,
detection and referral, but through the initial survey,
it was identified as a priority matter. Survey respon-
dents frequently suggested that children and/or
young women and men receive education in
reproduction and contraception. In addition, many
respondents supported providing contraceptive
services that are accessible to teenagers.
In the follow-up priority survey, the majority of
respondents indicated concern about two issues:
teenage pregnancy and AIDS. The SHCC also
believes both issues are of vital importance. To
ensure that both topics were addressed in the plan,
the SHCC created another chapter, Maternal and
Child Health, to address the issue of unplanned
teenage pregnancies. Because the chapter includes
only one issue for this SHP, there are no referral
issues.Priority Issue: The high
unplanned pregnancies
teenage population.incidence of
among theTHE MEDICAL LIABILITY SYSTEM
Referral Issues
1. Incomplete data on the incidence and preva-
lence of cancer.
2. The status of dataon high-risk infants.
3. The status of emergency medical services sys-
tems data.
4. Identification of health and social service
beneficiaries.
5. Limited data regarding nutritional status.
6. The unidentified disabled population.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Summary of Subject Area
The provision of comprehensive health care to
women and children is essential to the physical well-
being of our population. These services include
early prenatal care, delivery in an appropriate setting,
postpartum care, family planning, pediatric care of
the infant in a hospital setting, and preventive health
care provided throughout early childhood. The
issue of unplanned teenage pregnancies wasSummary of Subject Area
The medical liability system involves the provision of
adequate, affordable, and available professional lia-
bility insurance. It involves the practice and delivery
of health care, the insurance industry, and the civil
justice system. Liability insurance produces signi-
ficant impact on the health care delivery system; this
priority concern was determined to be of major
importance by the SHCC. The inclusion of this issue
in the SHP evolved from a review and analysis of 13
health and health-related task force reports pub-
lished during the past two years, and from comments
received during the plan development process.
The SHCC determined that rather than considering
this issue with the health care costs chapter, its im-
portance justified addressing it as a separate issue.
Since the chapter includes this issue only, there are
no referral issues.
Priority Issue: The medical liability
insurance system.1987-88 TEXAS STATE HEALTH PLAN
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