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Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data: Ordering Information
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Research Findings
Research Activities, January 2012:
Measuring quality of care for middle ear infection has many pitfalls
Research Activities, October 2011:
MONAHRQ gains momentum
Research Activities, September 2011:
Administrative data alone are insufficient to understand equivalence of two common blood pressure drugsv
Surgical risk score does not work well for knee and hip replacement operations
Research Activities, July 2011:
Health care quality gaps and disparities persist in every State
Research Activities, April 2011:
Hospital Compare data may not help surgical patients find hospitals with better outcomes
Research Activities, November 2010:
AHRQ patient safety indicator can be used to identify cases of hospital-acquired collapsed lung
Hospital report cards on coronary bypass surgery are more accurate when based on 2-year data
Research Activities, September 2010:
AHRQ State Snapshots expanded to include new data on health insurance
Research Activities, August 2010:
Coronary risk information may improve prescribing practices
Research Activities, June 2010:
Annual quality and disparities reports include data on health care-associated infections, obesity, and health insurance
Research Activities, May 2010:
Participation in reporting quality data can be costly for physicians and practices
Improvements are needed to better measure mental health care quality
Physicians with electronic health records are more able to generate patient registries
Research Activities, December 2009:
Best time to start statins in patients with diabetes depends on the cardiovascular risk model used
Research Activities, October 2009:
New methods estimate the costs of covering the uninsured
Research Activities, September 2009:
To capture the burden of multiple diseases on seniors, self-report should be added to data-based measures
Research Activities, August 2009:
Medicare claims data identify hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections with limited accuracy
Public reporting of nursing home care improves care delivery
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