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Agency Information Children's Health Clinical Practice Guidelines Clinical Preventive Services Consumer Information and Education Data Development and Use Dental Health Effectiveness Health Care Elderly/Long-Term Care Evidence-Based Medicine Health Care Costs and Utilization Health Care Markets/Managed Care Health Information Technology Health Insurance/Access to Care Health Services Research Hospitals Minority Health Outcomes and Effectiveness Research Patient Saftey/Medical Errors Pay for Performance Primary Care Public Health Emergency Preparedness Quality of Care Statistical and Methodological Research Treating Tobacco Use Women's Health
Cost Shifting Under Managed Behavioral Health Care Do Different Measures of Hospital Competition Matter in Empirical Investigations of Hospital Behavior? Have State Caps on Malpractice Awards Increased the Supply of Physicians? Health Plan Liability and ERISA: The Expanding Scope of State Legislation Impact of State Laws Limiting Malpractice Damage Awards on Health Care Expenditures, The Impacts of Mental Health Parity and Managed Care in One Large Employer Group: A Reexamination, The Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals Preventable Hospitalization and Medicaid Managed Care: Does Race Matter Responses of Israeli HMOs to Environmental Change Following the National Health Insurance Law: Opening the Black Box Sustaining and Improving Hospital Performance: The Effects of Organizational and Market Forces
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Adoption Gap: Health Information Technology in Small Physician Practices, The Bioterrorism Preparedness, Information Technology Getting to "Smart" Health Care Health Information Technology, Costs and Benefits Health Information Technology to Advance Excellence in Health Care Moving Closer to a Rapid-Learning Health Care System Role of Information Technology and Surveillance Systems in Bioterrorism Readiness Unintended Consequences of Information Technologies in Health Care—An Interactive Sociotechnical Analysis
Access to Care and Utilization Among Children—Estimating the Effects of Public and Private Coverage Access to Health Care: Does Neighborhood Residential Instability Matter? Access to Health Care for Nonmetro and Metro Latinos of Mexican Origin in the United States Children's Eligibility and Coverage: A Look Ahead Consumer-Oriented Strategies for Improving Health Benefit Design: An Overview Coverage for Mental Health Treatment: Do the Gaps Still Persist? Demand for Dependent Health Insurance: How Important is the Cost of Family Coverage? The Demographic and Clinical Variations in Health Status Do HMOs Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries? Does Capitation Matter? Impacts on Access, Use, and Quality Does SCHIP Benefit All Low-Income Children? Employer Coverage of Clinical Preventive Services in the United States (From Evidence-Based Practice to Practice-Based Evidence) Gender Differences in Drug Use and Expenditures in a Privately Insured Population of Older Adults Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Annual Report on Patterns of Coverage, Utilization, Quality, and Expenditures by a County Level of Urban Influence Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Annual Report on Patterns of Coverage, Utilization, Quality, and Expenditures by Income Health Insurance Coverage During a 24-Month Period: A Comparison of Estimates from Two National Health Surveys Health Insurance: What Employers Are Reporting Health, Preventive Health Care, and Health Care Access Among Women with Disabilities in the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability How Much Can Really Be Saved by Rolling Back SCHIP? The Net Cost of Public Health Insurance for Children Impact of SCHIP on Insurance Coverage of Children, The Impact of Survey Attrition on Health Insurance Coverage Estimates in a National Longitudinal Health Care Survey, The Influence of Rural Location on Utilization of Formal Home Care: The Role of Medicaid, The Informed Participation in TennCare by People with Disabilities Management Tools for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Medicaid Coverage and Utilization of Adult Dental Services Medicare Payment for Selected Adverse Events: Building the Business Case for Investing in Patient Safety Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Access to Health Care Parity for Whom? Exemptions and the Extent of State Mental Health Parity Legislation Pathways to Coverage: The Changing Roles of Public and Private Sources Primary Care Physicians' Perceptions of the Effect of Insurance Status on Clinical Decision Making Prior Health Care Experiences of Adolescents Who Enroll in SCHIP Questions and Answers About Health Insurance: A Consumer Guide Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002 Responses of Israeli HMOs to Environmental Change Following the National Health Insurance Law: Opening the Black Box Riding the Rollercoaster: The Ups and Downs in Out-of-Pocket Spending Under the Standard Medicare Drug Benefit Rural Areas and Children's Health Care Coverage, Use, Expenditures, and Quality: Policy Implications Rural-Urban Differences in Employment-Related Health Insurance SCHIP Enrollees with Special Health Care Needs and Access to Care Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003 State Differences in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2003 Statistics on Health Insurance: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Tax Subsidies for Employment-Related Health Insurance: Estimates for 2006 Trends in Medical Care Costs, Coverage, Use and Access: Research Findings From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Who Can't Pay for Health Care Who Enrolls in Oregon's Premium Assistance Program and How Do They Fare? Workers Who Decline Employment-Related Health Insurance
Assessing and Understanding Measurement Equivalence in Health Outcome Measures: Issues for Further Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry Completeness of Cause of Injury Coding in Healthcare Administrative Databases in the United States, 2001 Cost-Effective Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Comparisons of Patient Safety Creating and Synthesizing Evidence with Decision Makers in Mind: Integrating Evidence from Clinical Trials and Other Study Designs Developing a Research Agenda for Assisted Living Development of a CAHPS® Instrument for Nursing Home Residents (NHCAHPS), The Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality Global Self-Rated Mental Health: Associations with Other Mental Health Measures and with Role Functioning Health Limitations and Quality of Life Associated with Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases by Phase of Care Identifying, Categorizing, and Evaluating Health Care Efficiency Measures Improving Depiction of Benefits and Harms: Analyses of Studies of Well-Known Therapeutics and Review of High-Impact Medical Journals Increasing the Relevance of Research to Health Care Managers: Hospital CEO Imperatives for Improving Quality and Lowering Costs Interdisciplinary Research: The Role of Nursing Education Intersections for Mutual Success in Nursing and Health Services Research National Survey of Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks, A On Modelling Response Propensity for Dwelling Unit (DU) Level Non-Response Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Opportunity for Health Services Research: The AHRQ Furthers Nursing Practice, An Organizational Climate: Implications for the Home Healthcare Workforce Performance of Performance Measurement, The Population-Based Trends in Volumes and Rates of Ambulatory Lumbar Spine Surgery Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data Some Tips on Getting Funding for Health Services Research So What? The Challenge of Doing "Need to Know" versus "Would Like to Know" Research Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Hospital Inefficiency: A Review of Empirical Issues and an Assessment of Robustness Study Designs for Effectiveness and Translation Research: Identifying Trade-offs Translating Research into Nursing Practice: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Translation Research: Where Do We Go From Here? Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Hospital Discharge Data Validity of ICD-9-CM Codes in Identifying Postoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, The
Accidental Iatrogenic Pneumothorax in Hospitalized Patients Ambulatory Surgery in U.S. Hospitals, 2003 CAHPS Hospital Survey: Development, Testing, and Use, The Cardiac Ischemia, Acute Emergency Department Technologies Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2004 Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States Current Status of Surge Research Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments Disparities Between Two Common Data Sources on Hospital Nurse Staffing Do Different Measures of Hospital Competition Matter in Empirical Investigations of Hospital Behavior? Do HMOs Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries? Effects of Nursing Home Ownership Type and Resident Payer Source on Hospitalization for Suspected Pneumonia Emergency Departments in Crisis: Implications for Accessibility, Quality, and Safety Emergency Departments in Crisis: Opportunities for Research Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need to Know Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-Cost Hospital Performance HCUPnet Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Care for Women's Cancers Hospital Finances and Patient Safety Outcomes Hospital Inpatient Costs for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Hospitalization and Death Associated with Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents Hospitalization in the United States, 2002 Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: Contributions of High-Reliability Theory and Normal Accident Theory Increasing the Relevance of Research to Health Care Managers: Hospital CEO Imperatives for Improving Quality and Lowering Costs Inpatient Quality Indicators Mass Casualty Incident, Training Hospital Staff to Respond Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals Motorcycle-Related Hospitalizations in the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure Optimizing Surge Capacity: Hospital Assessment and Planning Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit: Challenges and Opportunities Potential Benefits and Problems with Computerized Prescriber Order Entry: Analysis of a Voluntary Medication Error-Reporting Database Preventable Hospitalization and Medicaid Managed Care: Does Race Matter? Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2003 Reducing Hospitalizations from Long-Term Care Settings Relationship Between Performance Measurement and Accreditation: Implications for Quality of Care and Patient Safety Relevance of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators for Children's Hospitals Renewed Growth in Hospital Inpatient Cost Since 1998: Variation Across Metropolitan Areas and Leading Clinical Conditions Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003 Severity of Illness, Race, and Choice of Local Versus Distant Hospitals Among the Elderly Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Hospital Inefficiency: A Review of Empirical Issues and an Assessment of Robustness Sustaining and Improving Hospital Performance: The Effects of Organizational and Market Forces Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Hospital Discharge Data
Insurance. See Health Insurance/Access to Care Long-Term Care. See Elderly/Long-Term Care Managed Care. See Health Care Markets/Managed Care Markets. See Health Care Markets/Managed Care Measuring Health Care Quality. See Quality of Care Medical Effectiveness Research. See Outcomes and Effectiveness Research Medical Errors. See Patient Safety/Medical Errors
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Treatment Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2004 Coverage for Mental Health Treatment: Do the Gaps Still Persist? Dementia, Pharmacological Treatment Depression, CYP450 Testing for Adults Treated with SSRIs Eating Disorders, Management Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics Global Self-Rated Mental Health: Associations with Other Mental Health Measures and with Role Functioning Impacts of Mental Health Parity and Managed Care in One Large Employer Group: A Reexamination, The National Estimates of Antidepressant Medication Use Among U.S. Children, 1997-2002 Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Cognitive Function Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Mental Health Parity for Whom? Exemptions and the Extent of State Mental Health Parity Legislation Perinatal Depression, Prevalence and Screening Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression Prescription Drugs and the Changing Patterns of Treatment for Mental Disorders, 1996-2001 Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Mental Health Problems and Use of Mental Health Care Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control
Methodological Research. See Statistical and Methodological Research
Access to Health Care for Nonmetro and Metro Latinos of Mexican Origin in the United States Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low-Income Persons and Minorities County Characteristics and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Preventive Services Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women Exploring and Crossing the Disparity Divide in Cancer Mortality Gaps in Data for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the National Healthcare Disparities Report Gender Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Associated with Comorbidities Gender Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Quality of Care for Diabetes Improving the Use and Safety of Medications in Women Through Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Analysis: Introduction Integrating Literacy, Culture, and Language to Improve Health Care Quality for Diverse Populations Minority Healthcare Quality, Improvement Strategies Preventable Hospitalization and Medicaid Managed Care: Does Race Matter? Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Assessments of Interactions with Providers: Disparities or Measurement Biases? Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Mental Health Problems and Use of Mental Health Care Racial and Gender Disparities in Receipt of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Persist in a Multistate Sample of HIV Patients in 2001 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Potentially Preventable Readmissions: The Case of Diabetes Severity of Illness, Race, and Choice of Local Versus Distant Hospitals Among the Elderly
Nursing Homes. See Elderly/Long-Term Care Obstetrics. See Women's Health Oral Health. See Dental Health
Advancing Excellence in Health Care: Getting to Effectiveness Analysis of Administrative Data Found that Proximate Clinical Event Ratios Provided a Systematic Approach to Identifying Possible Iatrogenic Risk Factors or Complications, An Aprotinin Use in Thoracic Aortic Surgery: Safety and Outcomes Are Lumbar Spine Reoperation Rates Falling with Greater Use of Fusion Surgery and New Surgical Technology? Autopsy Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) Brochure CERTs Annual Report Year 5 CERTs Annual Report Year 6 Comparison of Outcomes Resulting from Generalist vs. Specialist Care for a Single Discrete Medical Condition, A Disparities Between Two Common Data Sources on Hospital Nurse Staffing Effect on Health Outcomes of a Community-Based Medication Therapy Management Program for Seniors with Limited Incomes End-of-Life Care and Outcomes Evidence on the Effectiveness of Management for Malignant Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review, The Getting to "Smart" Health Care Health-Related Quality of Life After Mitral Valve Repairs and Replacements Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults with Diabetes Incidence and Short-Term Outcomes of Primary and Revision Hip Replacement in the United States Literacy and Health Outcomes Recursive Partitioning-Based Preoperative Risk Stratification for Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Reoperation Rates Following Lumbar Spine Surgery and the Influence of Spinal Fusion Procedures
Accidental Iatrogenic Pneumothorax in Hospitalized Patients Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Quality and Disparities Reports Emphasize Patient Safety AHRQ Web M&M Ambulatory Care Visits for Treating Adverse Drug Effects in the United States, 1995-2001 Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders Care Transitions: A Threat and an Opportunity for Patient Safety Challenges in Healthcare Systems and Women's Caregiving Roles Communication Failure: Basic Components, Contributing Factors, and the Call for Structure Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support in Long-Term Care Facilities: Costs and Benefits to Stakeholders Cost-Effective Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Comparisons of Patient Safety DoD Medical Team Training Programs: An Independent Case Study Analysis Evaluating the Patient Safety Indicators: How Well Do They Perform on Veterans Health Administration Data? First, Do No Harm: Reducing Pediatric Medication Errors Hospital Finances and Patient Safety Outcomes Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report Hospitalization and Death Associated with Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents Importance of Safety and Quality in Rural America, The Improving Patient Safety by Instructional Systems Design Improving Patient Safety—Five Years After the IOM Report Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: Contributions of High-Reliability Theory and Normal Accident Theory Improving the Complex Nature of Care Transitions Improving the Health Care Work Environment: A Sociotechnical Systems Approach Improving the Health Care Work Environment: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy Improving the Quality of Nursing Care Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Improving the Use and Safety of Medications in Women Through Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Analysis: Introduction Initiating Transformational Change to Enhance Patient Safety Intensive Care Unit, Patient Safety, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, The Issues in the Design of Training for Quality and Safety It's Your Health: Use Your Medications Safely Keeping Our Promises: Research, Practice, and Policy Issues in Health Care Reliability; Foreword to a Special Issue of Health Services Research Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals Medical Teamwork and Patient Safety: The Evidence-Based Relation Medicare Payment for Selected Adverse Events: Building the Business Case for Investing in Patient Safety Medication Errors: Why They Happen and How They Can Be Prevented Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes Mistake-Proofing in Health Care: Lessons for Ongoing Patient Safety Improvements Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care Nurses' Working Conditions: Implications for Infectious Disease Organizational Silence and Hidden Threats to Patient Safety Patient Safety, Effects of Working Conditions Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Tools, Methods, and Techniques for Improving Patient Safety Patient Safety Indicators Patient Safety in Nursing Practice Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit: Challenges and Opportunities Patient Safety Practices, Making Health Care Safer Pediatric Quality Indicators Performance of Performance Measurement, The Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents: Their Scope and Associated Resident and Facility Characteristics Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion Putting the Patient in Patient Safety Quality Tools to Improve Care and Prevent Errors Relationship Between Performance Measurement and Accreditation: Implications for Quality of Care and Patient Safety Relevance of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators for Children's Hospitals Sensemaking of Patient Safety Risks and Hazards Simulation in Health Care: Setting Realistic Expectations Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality Struggling to Invent High-Reliability Organizations in Health Care Settings: Insights from the Field Suboptimal Prescribing in Elderly Outpatients: Potentially Harmful Drug-Drug and Drug-Disease Combinations TeamSTEPPS: Assuring Optimal Teamwork in Clinical Settings TeamSTEPPS Instructor Guide Team STEPPS Multimedia Resource Kit TeamSTEPPS: Optimizing Teamwork in the Perioperative Setting Team STEPPS Pocket Guide TeamSTEPPS Poster Tracking Rates of Patient Safety Indictors Over Time: Lessons from the Veterans Administration Training Health Care Professionals for Patient Safety Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality Using Standardised Patients in an Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a Patient Safety Tool
Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide for Purchasers Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission: Financial Implications and Challenges Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers Payment Matters? The Next Chapter Provider-Specific Report Cards: A Tool for Health Sector Accountability in Developing Countries Quality-Based Payment: Six Case Examples Quality-Based Purchasing in the United States: Applications in Developing Countries? Strategies to Support Quality-Based Purchasing: A Review of the Evidence
Pediatrics. See Children's Health Practice Guidelines. See Clinical Practice Guidelines Preventive Services. See Clinical Preventive Services
Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events Asthma Severity: The Patient's Perspective Collection and Use of Cancer Family History in Primary Care Describing Primary Care Encounters: The Primary Care Network Survey and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Health Emergency Assistance Line and Triage Hub (HEALTH) Model How Well Do Family Physicians Manage Skin Lesions? Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care Practice: Innovative Strategies and Future Directions Linkages With Community Providers Lost in Translation: The Value of Qualitative Data National Survey of Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks, A Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Perinatal Depression: Prevalence and Screening Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression Prescription Drugs and the Changing Patterns of Treatment for Mental Disorders, 1996-2001 Primary Care Physicians' Perceptions of the Effect of Insurance Status on Clinical Decision Making Role of Information Technology and Surveillance Systems in Bioterrorism Readiness, The
Adapting Community Call Centers for Crisis Support: A Model for Home-Based Care and Monitoring Addressing Surge Capacity in a Mass Casualty Event Addressing the Smallpox Threat: Issues, Strategies, and Tools AHRQ's Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness Initiative Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events Bioterrorism Preparedness, Information Technology Bioterrorism Preparedness, Pediatric Anthrax Bioterrorism Preparedness, Regionalization Bioterrorism Preparedness, Training of Clinicians Changing Organizations for Their Likely Mass-Casualties Future Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness Current Status of Surge Research Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments Developing Alternative Approaches to Mass Casualty Care: The Role of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Development of Models for Emergency Preparedness Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need To Know Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach Health Emergency Assistance Line and Triage Hub (HEALTH) Model Linkages with Community Providers Mass Casualty Incident, Training Hospital Staff to Respond Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide Mass Prophylaxis: Building Blocks for Community Preparedness Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies: Special Needs and Potential Roles Optimizing Surge Capacity: Hospital Assessment and Planning Optimizing Surge Capacity: Regional Efforts in Bioterrorism Readiness Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness; A Resource for Pediatricians Project XTREME: Cross-Training Respiratory Extenders Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrrorist Events Role of Information Technology and Surveillance Systems in Bioterrorism Readiness, The Surge Capacity—Education and Training for a Qualified Workforce Surge Capacity: Facilities and Equipment
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports: Action Agendas for the Nation, The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Quality and Disparities Reports Emphasize Patient Safety AHRQ Summit—Improving Health Care Quality for All Americans: Celebrating Success, Measuring Progress, Moving Forward AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports: An Ever-Expanding Road Map for Improvement All or None Measurement: Why We Know So Little About the Comprehensiveness of Care Assessing the Validity of Self-Reported Medication Adherence in Hepatitis C Treatment Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List Breast Cancer Care in Women, Measuring Quality Burden of Illness for Children and Where We Stand in Measuring the Quality of this Health Care CAHPS Hospital Survey: Development, Testing, and Use, The Children's Health Care in the First National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies Closing the Quality Gap: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior Closing the Quality Gap: Asthma Care Closing the Quality Gap: Care Coordination Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies Closing the Quality Gap: Hypertension Care Strategies Closing the Quality Gap: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS®): Evolving to Meet Stakeholder Needs Design of the Physical Environment for Changing Healthcare Needs Development of a CAHPS® Instrument for Nursing Home Residents (NHCAHPS), The Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for States Do Trends in the Reporting of Quality Measures on the Nursing Home Compare Web Site Differ by Nursing Home Characteristics? Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask? Does Capitation Matter? Impacts on Access, Use, and Quality Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education Emergency Departments in Crisis: Implications for Accessibility, Quality, and Safety Emergency Departments in Crisis: Opportunities for Research Enhancing Quality Improvement Evidence-Based Practice: AHRQ's Role in Generating and Disseminating Knowledge Factors Associated with High-Quality/Low-Cost Hospital Performance First National Reports on United States Healthcare Quality and Disparities, The From Information on Quality to Quality Information Guide to Health Care Quality Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Annual Report on Patterns of Coverage, Utilization, Quality and Expenditures by a County Level of Urban Influence Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Annual Report on Patterns of Coverage, Utilization, Quality, and Expenditures by Income Health, Spending and the Effort to Improve Quality in OECD Countries: A Review of the Data Importance of Safety and Quality in Rural America, The Improving Depiction of Benefits and Harms: Analyses of Studies of Well-Known Therapeutics and Review of High-Impact Medical Journals Improving the Complex Nature of Care Transitions Informing Quality Health Care Inpatient Quality Indicators Integrating Literacy, Culture, and Language to Improve Health Care Quality for Diverse Populations Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool: User's Guide Issues in the Design of Training for Quality and Safety Measuring Children's Health Care Quality Missed Opportunities for Quality Improvement Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission: Financial Implications and Challenges Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide National Healthcare Disparities Report (2007) National Healthcare Quality Report (2007) National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ Tutorial Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care Nursing Homes' Response to the Nursing Home Compare Report Card Patient Safety Indicators Patient Safety Practices, Making Health Care Safer Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers Payment Matters? The Next Chapter Pediatric Quality Indicators Prevention Quality Indicators Process Utility in Breast Biopsy Provider-Specific Report Cards: A Tool for Health Sector Accountability in Developing Countries Purchaser Strategies to Influence Quality of Care: From Rhetoric to Global Applications Quality-Based Payment: Six Case Examples Quality-Based Purchasing in the United States: Applications in Developing Countries? Quality of Health Care for Older Women: What Do We Know? Quality Tools to Improve Care and Prevent Errors Questions Are the Answer Redesigning Health Systems for Quality: Lessons from Emerging Practices Relationship Between Performance Measurement and Accreditation: Implications for Quality of Care and Patient Safety Report of Nationally Representative Values for the Noninstitutionalized U.S. Adult Population for 7 Health-Related Quality-of-Life Scores Role of the Physical Environment in Crossing the Quality Chasm, The Rural Areas and Children's Health Care Coverage, Use, Expenditures, and Quality: Policy Implications Simulation in Health Care: Setting Realistic Expectations Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality TeamSTEPPS: Optimizing Teamwork in the Perioperative Setting Third National Reports on Healthcare Quality and Disparities in the United States, The. National Data for Targeting Improvements Unintended Consequences of Information Technologies in Health Care—An Interactive Sociotechnical Analysis Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators to Improve Health Care Quality Using the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports for Executive Decision Making
Research. See Health Services Research; Outcomes and Effectiveness Research; Statistical and Methodological Research
Assessing and Understanding Measurement Equivalence in Health Outcome Measures: Issues for Further Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry Completeness of Cause of Injury Coding in Healthcare Administrative Databases in the United States, 2001 Demographic and Clinical Variations in Health Status Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality Health Insurance: What Employers Are Reporting Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003 State Level Estimates: Medical Expenditire Panel Survey Statistics on Health Care Expenditures: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistics on Health Insurance: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistics on Prescribed Drugs: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Utility of Probabilistic Models to Identify Individuals with Future High Medical Expenditures, The
Clinical Practice Guideline Clinician Tear Sheet, Prenatal Clinician Tear Sheet, Primary Care Clinician's Packet 5-Day Countdown, Flip Book Good Information for Smokers, Consumer Guide Health Systems Guide Helping Smokers Quit, A Guide for Clinicians Helping Smokers Quit, A Guide for Nurses PowerPoint Slides Preventing 3 Million Premature Deaths and Helping 5 Million Smokers Quit: A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control You Can Quit Smoking, Card You Can Quit Smoking, Consumer Guide You Can Quit Smoking Kit You Can Quit Smoking, Poster
Utilization of Health Care. See Health Care Cost and Utilization
Breast Cancer Care in Women, Measuring Quality Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request Challenges in Healthcare Systems and Women's Caregiving Roles Coronary Heart Disease in Women, Selected Topics Coronary Heart Disease in Women, Systematic Review Cost of Being a Woman: A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions, The Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women Effect of Immediate Reading of Screening Mammograms on Medical Care Utilization and Costs After False-Positive Mammograms, The Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities Episiotomy Use in Obstetrical Care FIBROID Registry: Report of Structure, Methods, and Initial Results, The Gender Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Associated with Comorbidities Gender Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Quality of Care for Diabetes Gender Differences in Drug Use and Expenditures in a Privately Insured Population of Older Adults Health, Preventive Health Care, and Health Care Access Among Women with Disabilities in the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Care for Women's Cancers Improving the Use and Safety of Medications in Women Through Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Analysis: Introduction It's Your Health: Use Your Medications Safely Management of Uterine Fibroids: An Update of the Evidence Menopause-Related Symptoms, Management National Estimate of the Elective Primary Cesarean Delivery Rate, A Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Child and Maternal Health Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women, Diagnosis and Monitoring Ovarian Cancer, Genomic Tests for Detection and Management Perinatal Depression: Prevalence and Screening Preventive Health Examinations: A Comparison Along the Rural—Urban Continuum Process Utility in Breast Biopsy Quality of Health Care for Older Women: What Do We Know? Surgery Choices for Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Therapeutic Management, Delivery, and Postpartum Risk Assessment and Screening in Gestational Diabetes Toward Optimal Screening Strategies for Older Women Vaginal Birth After Cesarean What You Need To Know About Episiotomy Women and Medicines: What You Need to Know Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health Women: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health Women's Health Care Utilization and Expenditures
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