Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool

AHRQ Quality Indicators

• Currently, all AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) are based on electronic hospital discharge data, which draw upon readily available data elements.
• The AHRQ QIs examine care:
  • Directly: Inpatient hospital setting.
  • Indirectly: Hospital data as a window on the community.
• The Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool measures quality of care at the area level; not the provider or hospital level.

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