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AHRQ News & Numbers

AHRQ News and Numbers provides statistical highlights on the use and cost of health services and health insurance in the United States. The statistics are drawn from AHRQ's three principal data programs:

The Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP Web Site)
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS Web Site)
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR Information)

To inquire about specific AHRQ News and Numbers, E-mail: Bob.Isquith@ahrq.hhs.gov.

Date	Title
2009
7/30/09	Four in 10 Emergency Department Visits Billed to Public Insurance
7/22/09	Family Insurance Premiums Topped $12,000 a Year in 2008
7/17/09	Osteoporosis-Linked Fractures Rise Dramatically
7/9/09	Health Care Spending for Obese U.S. Adults Rose More Than 80 Percent From 2001 to 2006
7/1/09	Sports Injuries Caused 1 in 5 Emergency Department Visits for Kids
6/24/09	For Many Young Adults, No Health Insurance, No Regular Doctor
6/17/09	Childbirth Injuries Fall Sharply but More Could Be Prevented
6/4/09	Minorities, Poor Find Communicating With Doctors More Difficult
5/27/09	Hospitalization of the Poor Much Higher for Asthma, Diabetes, Other Potentially Preventable Diseases
5/21/09	About Two in Three Publicly Insured Adults Under Age 65 Have One or More Chronic Conditions
5/13/09	Keeping Diabetes Under Control Still Elusive for Many Americans
5/7/09	Nearly 25 Million U.S. Women Treated for High Blood Pressure
4/29/09	More Than 4 Million Potentially Preventable Admissions Cost Hospitals Nearly $31 Billion
4/22/09	Mental Disorders Among Most Costly Conditions in Children
4/15/09	Repeat C-Sections Climb by More Than 40 Percent in 10 Years
4/8/09	Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Spending Jumped From $5.9 Billion to $44.3 Billion Between 2005 and 2006
4/1/09	Eating Disorders Sending More Americans to the Hospital
3/25/09	Treating Heart Ailments Costs $78 Billion
3/19/09	Colorectal Cancer Hospitalization Rates Highest in the Elderly
3/11/09	Uninsured Americans With Asthma Less Likely To Take Daily Preventive Medicine
3/4/09	Northeast U.S. Has Most Brain Cancer Hospitalization
2/25/09	Hospital Outpatient Department and Office-Based Provider Visits for High Cholesterol and Other Conditions Soar in a Decade
2/15/09	Hospital Admissions and Bills Rising for Uninsured Americans
2/12/09	Spending on Outpatient Prescription Pain Medicines Has Tripled in 10 Years
2/4/09	Metabolic and Four Other Drug Categories Dominate Spending on Prescription Medicines
1/29/09	Winter Weather Hospitalizes Thousands; Kills Hundreds
1/14/09	Hospitals Spend Less for Patients in Medicare Advantage than for Patients in Fee-For-Service Medicare
1/7/09	Nearly 11 Million Americans Have Individual Health Insurance Policies, But Some Only for a Short Time

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