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Health Care Costs

AHRQ Research to Reduce Cost and Improve the Quality of Health Care
Chronic Care for Low-Income Children with Asthma: Strategies for Improvement
Cost of Poor Quality or Waste in Integrated Delivery System Settings
Creation of New Race-Ethnicity Codes and Socioeconomic Status (SES) Indicators for Medicare Beneficiaries
Diabetes Cost Calculator for Employers
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Trends in Cost and Access
Focus on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis at AHRQ
Health Care Costs: Fact Sheet
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
The High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures
Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: User's Guide
Reducing Costs in the Health Care System
Research Initiative in Clinical Economics (RICE)

Research Activities: Online Newsletter
Summarizes study findings relating to health care costs

Agency Press Releases

Date   Title
5/8/09 New Study Finds Fewer Families Can Afford Health Insurance
4/29/09 Complications and Costs for Obesity Surgery Declining
2/2/09 Educating Patients Before They Leave the Hospital Reduces Readmissions, Emergency Department Visits and Saves Money

News and Numbers

Date   Title
8/5/09 Heart Conditions, Cancer, Trauma-related Disorders, Mental Disorders, and Asthma Were the Five Most Costly Conditions in 1996 and 2006
7/9/09 Health Care Spending for Obese U.S. Adults Rose More Than 80 Percent From 2001 to 2006
4/29/09 More Than 4 Million Potentially Preventable Admissions Cost Hospitals Nearly $31 Billion

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Evidence Reports

Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 82:
Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: Effect in Female, Black, and Diabetic Patients, and Cost-Effectiveness
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 101:
Economic Incentives for Preventive Care
Technical Review, No. 7:
Determinants of Increases in Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services

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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

MEPS Data in New Report on Hidden Costs of Health Care

MEPS Topics: Health Care Costs

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Speeches & Testimony

Date   Title
2/26/08  Perspectives on Chartered Value Exchanges in a Changing Health Care Environment
2/23/08  The Value of Quality: Defining the Clinical and Economic Impact
7/9/03 Testimony on Technology, Innovation, and the Costs of Health Care

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