Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

April 1 2008 20080401

Your Experience in the Hospital and Why it Matters

Clinicians & Providers

• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States

Policymaker Resources

• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States

Other Research & Data

• Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Children in the United States

Press Releases

March 28 2011 20110328

Low Health Literacy Linked to Higher Risk of Death and More Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalizations

October 25 2010 20101025

Hospitalizations for Medication and Illicit Drug-related Conditions on the Rise among Americans Ages 45 and Older

March 15 2010 20100315

Patients Who Take a Proton-Pump Inhibitor with Medicine To Prevent Blood Clots Are Less Likely To Be Hospitalized for Bleeding Ulcers

News & Numbers

September 8 2011 20110908

Hospitalizations for Eating Disorders Declined, but Big Increase Seen in Pica Disorder

August 25 2011 20110825

Hospital Deaths from Heart Failure Cut by Half Over Seven Years

August 10 2011 20110810

Hospitalizations for Children with Influenza and Skin Infections Increased in the Last Decade

August 4 2011 20110804

Arizona and Maryland See Great Drop in In-Hospital Deaths From Pneumonia

June 29 2011 20110629

Black Children More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Severe Asthma Attacks

June 2 2011 20110602

Readmissions in 30 Days Account for up to a Quarter of Hospital Stays in Adult Medicaid Patients

April 7 2011 20110407

Uninsured Hospital Stays Surged from 2003 to 2008

February 16 2011 20110216

Patients' Income and Where They Live Influence Hospitalization for Chronic Lung Disease

December 22 2010 20101222

More than One in Five Hospital Patients in 2008 Were Born in 1933 or Earlier

December 10 2010 20101210

Hospital Admissions for Dog Bites Increase 86 Percent Over a 16-Year Period

October 20 2010 20101020

Stroke Survival Greater for Men Than Women After Hospital Treatment

October 13 2010 20101013

Hospital Charges for 1 in 20 Hospital Stays Averaged $18,000 per Day

September 23 2010 20100923

Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations High Among Patients Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

September 1 2010 20100901

Oregon and Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations for Children With Asthma

August 25 2010 20100825

Health Care-Associated Infections Greatly Increase the Length and Cost of Hospital Stays

August 18 2010 20100818

Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Lowest in Mountain States

June 30 2010 20100630

Blacks Hospitalized for High Blood Pressure Five Times More Often Than Whites

May 26 2010 20100526

One in Four Patients Experienced Revolving-Door Hospitalizations

April 20 2010 20100420

Black Children Hospitalized More Often for Ruptured Appendix

April 14 2010 20100414

For 1 in 10 Medicaid Patients, It's Back to the Hospital in Less Than a Month

March 25 2010 20100325

Why Women Are Admitted to the Hospital

March 4 2010 20100304

Patients Admitted to Hospitals on a Weekend Wait for Major Procedures

January 28 2010 20100128

Medicare Pays Almost Half of Rural Hospital Stays

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

April 1 2008 20080401

Your Experience in the Hospital and Why it Matters

Other News & Events

• A few preoperative factors can be used to predict inpatient deaths following surgery
• A large proportion of hospitalized children receive numerous medications during their hospitalization
• A small number of drugs are used most commonly during pediatric hospitalizations
• AHRQ Stats: AHRQ publishes statistics on hospital stays among obese adults and children and hospital stays for hip and knee replacement
• AHRQ toolkit helps to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers
• Arizona and Maryland see great drop in in-hospital deaths from pneumonia
• Better adherence to diabetes medications means fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits
• Black children are more likely to be hospitalized for a ruptured appendix than white children
• COPD drug triad associated with reduced death and hospitalization rates
• Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis are at high risk of hospital stays that involve bacterial infections
• Continuing beta blockers after noncardiac surgery improves patient outcome
• Conventional and atypical antipsychotic drugs show differing safety risks among older nursing home residents
• Delays in reporting medical errors at Japanese hospital nearly triple that of United States hospital
• Early followup with a physician reduces readmissions for Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure
• Evidence lacking on optimal transition-of-care programs for heart attack and stroke patients following hospitalization
• For 1 in 10 Medicaid patients, it's back to the hospital in a month
• Four drugs to treat chronic heart failure found similarly effective
• Four million hospital admissions potentially unnecessary
• Heart attack victims should use emergency transport services, not self or family to get to the hospital
• Hospital charges for 1 in 20 hospital stays average $18,000 a day
• Hospital stays involving C. difficile infections leveled off after 300 percent increase since 1993
• Hospital-acquired infections dramatically increase trauma patients' risk of in-hospital death and hospital stay
• Hospitalization rates have declined over 5 years for patients with HIV infection, but disparities still exist
• Hospitalizations for bacterial pneumonia in Texas towns bordering Mexico three times higher than the national average
• Hospitalizations for children with influenza and skin infections increased in the last decade
• Hospitalizations for kids with inflammatory bowel disease are frequent and costly
• Hospitalizations for medication and illicit drug-related conditions on the rise among Americans aged 45 and older
• Hospitals with a high volume of sepsis admissions have lowest mortality rates
• Increased child hospitalizations are associated with the mother's mental state and confidence in parenting
• Medicare pays for nearly half of rural hospital stays
• Men more likely to be readmitted to hospital after discharge
• Most process-of-care events do not harm transplant patients, but they boost costs and lengthen hospital stays
• Mother-infant interactions associated with use of health services
• New AHRQ Data Show Healthcare-associated Infections Greatly Increase the Length and Cost of Hospital Stays
• New Spanish-language Guides Help Consumers with Treatments for Common Illnesses
• Nighttime-Breathing Treatments Backed by Strongest Evidence Among Options to Treat Sleep Apnea
• Nonplatinum chemotherapy agents more likely to lead to hospitalizations for older women with ovarian cancer
• Patients at small urban hospitals are more likely to suffer from pressure sores than those at small rural hospitals
• Patients transferred to the intensive care unit within 24 hours of admission
• Patients treated for heart failure in the emergency department fare better if there is an electronic health record available
• Patients who take a proton-pump inhibitor with medicine to prevent blood clots are less likely to be hospitalized for bleeding ulcers
• Pediatric emergency department visits surged during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, but few children were hospitalized
• Stroke education program improves medication knowledge and satisfaction with health care providers' explanations
• Studies link adverse drug interactions to elevated risk for hospitalization among the elderly
• Study questions usefulness of hospital readmission rates as marker of care quality for pediatric sickle cell disease
• Study reveals patterns of readmissions to the intensive care unit