Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

April 1 2008 20080401

Your Experience in the Hospital and Why it Matters

Clinicians & Providers

• Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Trends in Hospital Use and Quality
• Lower Mortality in Sepsis Patients Admitted Through the ED vs Direct Admission

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data Users' Workshop: May 8
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #151
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #152
• Hospital Burden of Unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the United States, 2007

Policymaker Resources

• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data Users' Workshop: May 8
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #151
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #152
• Hospital Burden of Unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the United States, 2007

Fact Sheets

March 22 2013 20130322

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #152

March 15 2013 20130315

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #151

Other Research & Data

• Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Trends in Hospital Use and Quality
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data Users' Workshop: May 8
• Hospital Burden of Unintentional Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the United States, 2007

News & Numbers

January 19 2011 20110119

Growth in Medicaid Patient Hospital Admissions Outpace Those for Privately Insured Patients

November 3 2010 20101103

Four Million Hospital Admissions Potentially Unnecessary

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

April 1 2008 20080401

Your Experience in the Hospital and Why it Matters

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Stats: AHRQ publishes statistics on hospital stays among obese adults and children and hospital stays for hip and knee replacement
• Admission Rates from Emergency Departments Vary Widely
• Admission rates from emergency departments vary widely
• Care process model to treat feverish infants with possible serious bacterial infections improves outcomes, lowers costs
• Going smooth can help relieve weekday crowding at children's hospitals
• Growth in Medicaid patient hospital admissions outpace those for privately insured patients
• One-third of patients with hospital-acquired infections are readmitted
• Patients with sepsis fare better when admitted via the emergency department rather than directly to the hospital
• Why women are admitted to the hospital