HEALTH GOAL
Investing in wellness and prevention; providing access to health care and behavioral health services; and increasing social stability for all Oklahomans, especially our most vulnerable populations.
The following program areas fall under the Health goal:
Metric Legend Guide
Abuse & Injury
Program Description
Protect citizens from personal harm and ensure they reach their optimal lifespans.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$41.5M
Performance Metrics
Intentional Injury Deaths
Metric: Decrease the rate of intentional injury deaths per 100,000.
Explanation: Intentional injury deaths are deaths where the intent is to harm, whether self-inflicted or a result of violence. Includes both homicide and suicide.
30.67
Deaths per 100K
Unintentional Injury Deaths
Metric: Decrease the rate of unintentional injury deaths.
Explanation: Unintentional injury deaths occur without the intent of harm, often referred to as accidents. The term ""accident"" implies the event is unpredictable and not preventable, however the majority of injuries occur in predictable, preventable patterns.
74.36
Deaths per 100K
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Aging Services
Program Description
Support independence and protect the quality of life for the elderly.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$161.2M
Performance Metrics
Maintain Disability Case Decision Accuracy Rate > National Average Rate
Metric: Maintain a decision accuracy rate each year greater than the national accuracy rate as measured by the Social Security Administration.
Explanation: The accuracy rate is the percentage of Disability Case Decisions reversed on appeal. A higher than average accuracy rate indicates the state has quality controls and a high degree of efficiency.
OK 97.7%, Natl 97.5% (est as of 9/5/23)
Oklahoma decision accuracy rate
Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services & Supports
Metric: Increase the number of eligible Oklahomans enrolled in the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Services & Supports option of the Medicaid ADvantage Program.
Explanation: Research substantiates the value of this popular program, including benefits such as cost-savings, positive health impact, and prevention of premature institutionalization.
2,413
Eligible enrollees
Older Adult Falls
Metric: Decrease the rate of unintentional fall-related injury fatalities of adults age 65+.
Explanation: These fatalities are deaths resulting from falls that were not caused by harm/abuse. Falls among persons over age 65 are a growing public health problem.
114.72
Deaths per 100K
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Behavioral Health
Program Description
Provide access to quality mental health treatment and awareness of mental health topics.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$615.9M
Performance Metrics
Access to Behavioral Health Care Ranking
Metric: Increase Oklahoma's national ranking for access to behavioral health care.
Explanation: This measure indicates the extent to which behavioral health care is available for any Oklahoman in need. It takes into account issues that drive the need for treatment in order to determine the availability of this type of care when compared to other states.
27th
Oklahoma's national rank
Behavioral Health Care Treatment Rate
Metric: Increase the treatment rate for those seeking behavioral health care from the state of Oklahoma.
Explanation: This measures the number of adults in Oklahoma receiving behavioral health treatment per 1,000. Negative consequences, such as jobs lost, business failures, families destroyed, and shorter life expectancy can be avoided if these individuals are able to get help.
29.62%
Per 1K population
Readmission Rate within 30 Days of Treatment
Metric: Decrease the percentage of Oklahomans needing to return to a high level of care within 30 days of discharge.
Explanation: This measures the number of individuals served in a state psychiatric hospital who have a readmission within 30 days of their discharge.
14.5%
Treated people returning
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Child Welfare Services
Program Description
Provide a safe environment for children to live, learn and grow with their families.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$648.1M
Performance Metrics
Foster Care Placement Stability
Metric: Increase the percentage of children in foster care less than 12 months who experience two or fewer placements.
Explanation: This measures the number of times a child in foster care has to move. Staying in one home ensures better education, health and emotional outcomes for Oklahoma's kids. A basic rule of policy is that the first placement should be the best placement.
75.5%
< 2 foster homes
Child Reunification
Metric: Increase the percentage of children who reunify with their family within 12 months of first entry into foster care.
Explanation: This measures the number of children being safely returned to their own home, with supports and services so the family is successful, within a year of entering care.
57.4%
Children in care
Foster Care Entry Rate
Metric: Decrease the foster care entry rate safely.
Explanation: The number of Oklahoma children, per 1,000 children, that enter the foster care system each federal fiscal year (Oct. 1 to Sept. 30).
3.1
Children per 1K
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Chronic Disease
Program Description
Protect citizens from personal harm and ensure they reach their optimal lifespans.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$1.9M
Performance Metrics
Cancer Deaths
Metric: Decrease the cancer death rate (deaths per 100,000 persons)
Explanation: Cancer is the general name for a group of more than 100 diseases. Although there are many kinds of cancer, all cancers start because abnormal cells grow out of control.
175.1
Deaths per 100K
Heart Disease Deaths
Metric: Decrease number of heart disease deaths
Explanation: Heart disease deaths include deaths from coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, heart valve disease, arrhythmias and other types of heart disease. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in Oklahoma, accounting for over 25% of all deaths.
12,160
Deaths per year
Type 2 Diabetes
Metric: Decrease the percentage of people with Type 2 diabetes.
Explanation: Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. This objective measures the percentage of people within the State of Oklahoma who have type 2 diabetes.
13.3%
Of adults
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Food & Water Safety
Program Description
Provide citizens with the safest, most affordable food supply and public drinking water to protect the public from food and waterborne illnesses.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$31.5M
Performance Metrics
E. coli Water Contaminant Levels
Metric: Decrease the percentage of public water supplies with violations for E. coli contamination.
Explanation: This measures public water supplies that do not meet the E. coli National Drinking Water Standard. The presence of E. coli in drinking water can cause immediate health risks.
0.63%
Public water supplies with violation
Water Contaminant Levels
Metric: Decrease the percentage of public water supplies with maximum contaminant level violations.
Explanation: This measures public water supplies that do not meet the National Drinking Water Standard for 90 regulated contaminants.
19%
Public water supplies with violation
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Health Services
Program Description
Ensure access to affordable, quality health care in order to improve health outcomes for citizens.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$10.9B
Performance Metrics
Physicians in Oklahoma
Metric: Increase the number of physicians per 100,000 persons.
Explanation: Rate of physicians per 100,000 is measure of health care system adequacy and reflects the strength of the health care workforce. An increase in physicians will increase the adequacy and quality of health care in Oklahoma.
210.4
Per 100K population
Health Professional Shortage Areas
Metric: Increase the percentage of health care access for citizens within designated Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Explanation: The ability to identify areas with high degrees of unmet need enables targeted efforts and incentives to reduce the imbalance in the health workforce and expand access to care in these underserved areas.
39.6%
Access within shortage areas
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Immunizations & Infectious Disease
Program Description
Safeguard Oklahomans from infectious and vaccine-preventable disease.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$45.9M
Performance Metrics
Childhood Immunization
Metric: Increase the coverage rates for the childhood immunization series.
Explanation: This measures the percentage of children 19-35 months old who have completed the recommended vaccinations that protect against vaccine-preventable childhood diseases, including diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), poliomyelitis (polio), measles, hepatitis B, haemophilus influenzae type b, varicella (chickenpox) and pneumococcal disease (pneumonia).
65.7%
Children w/ immunizations
Meningococcal Vaccination
Metric: Increase the percentage of adolescents ages 13-17 who have completed 1 dose of the meningococcal vaccine.
Explanation: Meningococcal disease is a potentially severe bacterial illness that can be fatal. Survivors of meningococcal disease can have permanent complications ranging from hearing loss or neurologic damage to loss of limb.
61%
Adolescents vaccinated
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Maternal & Infant Health
Program Description
Improve the physical and mental health, safety and well-being of Oklahoma mothers and their infants.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$111.8M
Performance Metrics
Early Prenatal Care
Metric: Increase the percentage of pregnant women who receive prenatal care beginning in the first trimester.
Explanation: Prenatal care is preventive health care for pregnant women. Early and regular checkups give health care professionals the opportunity to prevent and/or detect and treat health problems that may arise during pregnancy.
71.8%
Women receiving prenatal care
Infant Mortality Rate
Metric: Decrease the three-year average rate of infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
Explanation: Infant mortality is defined as the death of a baby before his/her first birthday.
6.6
Deaths per 1K live births (3yr average)
Pre-term Births
Metric: Decrease the percentage of preterm births.
Explanation: Pre-term birth is birth of an infant before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Infants born preterm experience higher than average rates of hospitalization and illness compared with full-term babies.
11.25%
Total births
Teenage Birth Rate
Metric: Decrease the rate of births to teens between the ages of 15-17.
Explanation: Compared with their peers who delay childbearing, teen mothers are less likely to finish high school, more likely to live in poverty as adults and more likely to rely on public assistance. Additionally, children born to teen mothers are more likely to have poorer educational, behavioral and health outcomes over the course of their lives than do children born to older parents.
8.7
Births per 1,000 females 15-17 years
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Obesity
Program Description
Promote healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors to improve health outcomes related to being overweight or obese.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$21.4M
Performance Metrics
Adolescent Obesity
Metric: Decrease the percentage of adolescents age 10-17 who are obese.
Explanation: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says children are considered obese with a BMI at or above the 95th percentile. Children who have obesity are more likely to become adults with obesity. Adult obesity is associated with increased risk of several serious health conditions including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.
20.4%
Adolescents age 10-17
Adult Obesity
Metric: Decrease the percentage of adults who are obese.
Explanation: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an obese adult is one who has a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher.
40%
Adults age 18+
Physical Activity
Metric: Increase the percentage of the population that have participated in any physical activity, during non-working hours, in the last 30 days.
Explanation: Physical activity simply means movement of the body that uses energy. Active people generally live longer and are at less risk for serious health problems like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and some cancers.
70.5%
Adults age 18+
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Prescription Drug & Substance Abuse
Program Description
Reduce prescription drug and substance abuse.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$32.6M
Performance Metrics
Acute Drug Poisoning Hospitalization
Metric: Decrease the rate of inpatient hospitalization discharges for acute drug poisoning.
Explanation: This indicator measures the rate of hospitalization discharges in Oklahoma where the patient was treated for an acute (immediate onset) drug poisoning from any substance (including illicit, over-the-counter and prescription drugs). It includes all poisonings that result from an unintentional event, self-harm, assault or unknown intent.
107.2
Discharges per 100K
Prescription Monitoring Program
Metric: Increase the number of medical providers requesting information from the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).
Explanation: The PMP can run prescription reports on patients taking controlled drugs like pain killers, stimulants, sedatives and tranquilizers. Use of the PMP decreases the risk to patients of unintended consequences when reviewed by physicians and pharmacists in a clinical setting.
35,259
Active users
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Tobacco Use
Program Description
Prevent tobacco initiation and reduce existing use of tobacco products.
Total FY 2023 Expenditures
$36.2M
Performance Metrics
Adult Tobacco Use
Metric: Decrease the percentage of adults aged 18+ who smoke cigarettes
Explanation: Smoking is Oklahoma's leading preventable cause of death. Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke and lung cancer and are at greater risk for diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease).
15.6%
Adults age 18+
Youth Tobacco Use
Metric: Decrease the percentage of tobacco use in youth grades 9-12.
Explanation: This measures the percent of youth who used a tobacco product at least 1 day during the past 30 days. This measure does not include the use of tobacco for tribal ceremonial use.
22.1%
Youth in grades 9-12
Year-over-Year Expenditure Comparison
FY 2023 Expenditures by Agency
Last Modified on
Apr 11, 2024
