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To achieve maximal protection against vaccine-preventable diseases, children should receive all immunizations within recommended age intervals\u2014fully \u201con-time.\u201d<\/jats:p><jats:p>Objective. The Immunization Delivery Effectiveness Assessment (IDEA) is a novel immunization measure that assesses, on a continuous scale, the timeliness of administration of each vaccination with reference to recommended age intervals. Specifically we ask: 1) Do absolute immunization rates differ between HEDIS and IDEA? 2) Does relative MCO performance differ when assessed by the 2 performance measures? 3) How well do MCOs perform relative to the standard of fully on-time immunization? The health services implications of using the timeliness standard to assess childhood immunization delivery is discussed.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Methods. A vaccine-dose IDEA score was developed for each of the 14 vaccination events in the 4:3:1:3:3 combination series (4 diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus:3 polio:1 measles-mumps-rubella:3 Haemophilus influenzae type B:3 hepatitis B). Assessing the actual age of administration with reference to the recommended age of administration generates the vaccine-dose IDEA score. A child\u2019s composite IDEA score is obtained by averaging the 14 vaccine-dose IDEA scores. These composite IDEA scores, when averaged among children sampled within the MCO, constitute the MCO\u2019s immunization score.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Setting. Retrospective analysis of childhood immunization datasets from a convenience sample of 6 MCOs in 5 states.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Results. HEDIS rates ranged from 57% to 75%. IDEA scores ranged from 80% to 90%. Relative rankings of MCO immunization performance were different using HEDIS rates and IDEA scores, respectively. At most, 16% of children in any of these MCOs received all of their immunizations fully on-time. From 47% to 77% of children experienced at least 3 delayed immunizations.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Conclusions. An immunization measure based on timeliness of administration yields both absolute and relative differences in MCO childhood immunization performance when compared with HEDIS rates. 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