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Agency Information
Children's Health
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical Preventive Services
Consumer Information and Education
Data Development and Use
Dental Health
Effectiveness Health Care
Elderly/Long-Term Care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Costs and Utilization
Health Care Markets/Managed Care
Health Information Technology
Health Insurance/Access to Care
Health Services Research
Hospitals
Minority Health
Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Patient Safety/Medical Errors
Pay for Performance
Primary Care
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Quality of Care
Statistical and Methodological Research
Treating Tobacco Use
Women's Health


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Agency Information

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: At-A-Glance
AHRQ Annual Highlights 2008
AHRQ Publications Order Form

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Children's Health

Advancing the Current Recommended Panel of Conditions for Newborn Screening: Committee Report
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Injury-Related Emergency Department Utilization and Expenditures
Bioterrorism Preparedness, Pediatric Anthrax
Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries
Children's Eligibility and Coverage: A Look Ahead
Compliance with Well-Child Visit Recommendations: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2000-2002
Correlation of Youth Physical Activity with State Policies, The
Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States
Critical Analysis of Care Coordination Strategies for Children with Special Health Care Needs, A
Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments
Dental Care of U.S. Children: Access, Use, and Referrals by Nondentist Providers, 2003, The
Diabetes Education for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Families
Diarrhea- and Rotavirus-Associated Hospitalizations Among Children Less Than 5 Years of Age: United States, 1997 and 2000
Discrete Choice Decomposition Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Health Insurance Coverage, A
Do SCHIP Enrollees Stay Insured?
Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Use of Stimulant Medications
Impact of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Implementation on Medicaid and SCHIP
Infectious Disease Hospitalizations Among Infants in the United States
Long-Term Followup After Diagnosis Resulting from Newborn Screening: Statement of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children
Max's Magical Delivery
Measuring Children's Health Care Quality
Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals
Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs
Necrotising Enterocolitis Hospitalisations Among Neonates in the United States
Not Your Father's PE: Obesity, Exercise, and the Role of Schools
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Child and Maternal Health
Overweight in Adolescents: Implications for Health Expenditures
Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness: A Resource for Pediatricians
Prior Health Care Experiences of Adolescents Who Enroll in SCHIP
Public Role in Promoting Child Health Information Technology
Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data
School-Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol
Smoking in the Home and Children's Health
Toilet Training
Trends in Intussusception Hospitalizations Among U.S. Infants, 1993-2004: Implications for Monitoring the Safety of the New Rotavirus Vaccination Program
Who Enrolls in Oregon's Premium Assistance Program and How Do They Fare?

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, A
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Guidelines for Guidelines: We've Come a Long Way
Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians
Quick-Reference Guide for Clinicians
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card
You Can Quit Smoking, Pocket Card
You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice from Your Clinician, Tearsheet Pad
You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice from Your Prenatal Care Provider, Tearsheet Pad

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Clinical Preventive Services

Adult Preventive Care Timeline
Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?
Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS)
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2009, The
Immigrants and the Use of Preventive Care in the United States
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Timeline for Staying Healthy at 50+, A
USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening
Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Women: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
Women with Diagnosed Diabetes Across the Life Stages: Underuse of Recommended Preventive Care Services

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Consumer Information and Education

Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression
Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Question List
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely
Choosing Pain Medicine for Osteoarthritis: A Guide for Consumers
Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs. A Guide for Adults
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?
Finding Your Way: What to Do Before You Leave the Hospital
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Guide to Health Care Quality
Having Surgery? What You Need to Know
Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users, Consumer Guide
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Ten Important Questions to Ask Your Doctor After a Diagnosis
Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Guide for Adults
Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause
Pills for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Premixed Insulin Analogues: Clinician's Guide
Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Questions and Answers About Health Insurance: A Consumer Guide
Questions Are the Answer
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card
Real Men Wear Gowns
Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments: A Guide for Consumers
Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines: A Guide for Adults
Superheroes
Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer
What You Need to Know About Episiotomy
Women and Medicines: What You Need to Know
Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Women: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
You Can Quit Smoking, Pocket Card
Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
Your Medicine: Play It Safe

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Cost of health care. Go to Health care cost and utilization

Data Development and Use

Can State Databases Be Used to Develop a National, Standardized Hospital Nurse Staffing Database?
Cost-Effective Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Comparisons of Patient Safety
HCUPnet
MEPSnet
Modifying ICD-9-CM Coding of Secondary Diagnoses to Improve Risk-Adjustment of Inpatient Mortality Rates
Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data

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Dental Health

Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low-Income Persons and Minorities
Dental Care of U.S. Children: Access, Use, and Referrals by Nondentist Providers, 2003, The
Dental Care Use: Does Dental Insurance Truly Make a Difference in the U.S.?
Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004
Supply of Dentists and Access to Care in Rural Kansas, The
Visits to Non-Dentist Health Care Providers for Dental Problems

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Effective Health Care

ACEIs or ARBs for Adults with Hypertension: Clinician's Guide
AHRQ's DEcIDE Network
AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program: Why Comparative Effectiveness Matters
Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely
Challenge of Comparative Effectiveness: Getting the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time, The
Choosing Antidepressants for Adults: Clinician's Guide
Choosing Medications for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinician's Guide
Choosing Non-Opioid Analgesics for Osteoarthritis: Clinician's Guide
Choosing Pain Medicine for Osteoarthritis: A Guide for Consumers
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Comparative Effectiveness of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs) and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs) for Treating Essential Hypertension
Comparative Effectiveness of Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults
Comparative Effectiveness of Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis
Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 Update
Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease
Comparative Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Comparative Effectiveness of Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression
Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis
Comparative Effectiveness, Safety, and Indicators of Insulin Analogues in Premixed Formulations for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Comparing Oral Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Clinician's Guide
Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs. A Guide for Adults
Effective Health Care Program Booklet
Effective Health Care Program Kit
Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities
Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics
Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: Clinician's Guide
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Infrastructure to Monitor Utilization and Outcomes of Gene-Based Applications: An Assessment
Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: Clinician's Guide
Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Guide for Adults
Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause
Pills for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Premixed Insulin Analogues: Clinician's Guide
Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Progress Report on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program: Commentary, A
Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments: A Guide for Consumers
Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines: A Guide for Adults
Roundtable on Expanding Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States
Three Treatments for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Evidence Shows Lack of Benefit: Clinician’s Guide
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer
Treatments for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Clinician's Guide
User's Guide to Registries Evaluating Patient Outcomes: Summary

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Effectiveness Research. Go to Outcomes and Effectiveness Research

Elderly/Long-Term Care

Barriers and Drivers of Health Information Technology Use for the Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Underserved
Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support in Long-Term Care Facilities: Costs and Benefits to Stakeholders
Developing a Research Agenda for Assisted Living
Development of a CAHPS® Instrument for Nursing Home Residents (NHCAHPS), The
Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities
Home Health Care Agency Staffing Patterns Before and After the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, by Rural and Urban Location
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies: Special Needs and Potential Roles
Nursing Homes' Response to the Nursing Home Compare Report Card
Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care: Case Studies
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care: Frequently Asked Questions
Parental Marital Disruption, Family Type, and Transfers to Disabled Elderly Parents
Pressure Ulcer Plan Is Working
Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes
Reducing Hospitalizations from Long-Term Care Settings
Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Fractures in U.S. Nursing Homes: Resident and Facility Characteristics and Prescription Medications
Stage 2 Pressure Ulcer Healing in Nursing Homes
Strategic Orientation and Nursing Home Response to Public Reporting of Quality and Measures: An Application of the Miles and Snow Typology
Trends in Racial Disparities Among the Elderly for Selected Procedures

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Evidence-Based Medicine

Adnexal Mass, Management
Advancing the Role of Systematic Reviews in Nutrition Research and Applications
Antiretroviral Drug Resistance in the Developing World
Asthma, Work-Related, Diagnosis and Management
B Vitamins and Berries and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disorders
Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy
Barriers and Drivers of Health Information Technology Use for the Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Underserved
Bioterrorism Preparedness, Pediatric Anthrax
Breast Cancer Care in Women, Measuring Quality
Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries
Cancer Care Quality Measures, Colorectal Cancer
Cancer Care Quality Measures, Symptoms and End-of-Life
Cancer Clinical Trials, Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations
Cancer Control Interventions, Diffusion and Dissemination
Carbohydrate and Lipid Disorders and Relevant Considerations in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Implantable Defibrillators in Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Celiac Disease
Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request
Clinical Utility of Cancer Family History Collection in Primary Care
Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action
Closing the Quality Gap: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior
Closing the Quality Gap: Asthma Care Strategies
Closing the Quality Gap: Care Coordination
Closing the Quality Gap: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Collection and Use of Cancer Family History in Primary Care
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Back Pain Utilization Report
Consumer-Oriented Strategies for Improving Health Benefit Design: An Overview
Criteria for Distinguishing Effectiveness from Efficacy Trials in Systematic Reviews
Critical Analysis of Care Coordination Strategies for Children with Special Health Care Needs, A
Dementia, Pharmacological Treatment
Depression, CYP450 Testing for Adults Treated with SSRIs
Developing a Methodology for Establishing a Statement of Work for a Policy-Relevant Technical Analysis
Diabetes Education for Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Families
Diabetes Mellitus, Islet Transplantation in Patients
Diagnosis and Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
Eating Disorders, Management
Effectiveness of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education
Effectiveness of Weight Management Programs in Children and Adolescents
Empirical Evaluation of the Association Between Methodological Shortcomings and Estimates of Adverse Events
End-of-Life Care and Outcomes
Episiotomy Use in Obstetrical Care
Evidence-Based Practice: AHRQ’s Role in Generating and Disseminating Knowledge
Family History of Breast, Ovarian, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancers
GRADE: Assessing the Quality of Evidence for Diagnostic Recommendations
Health Information Technology, Costs and Benefits
Heart Failure, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Heart Failure Diagnosis and Prognosis, Testing for BNP and NT-proBNP
Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer: Diagnostic Strategies and Their Implications
HER2 Testing to Manage Patients with Breast Cancer or Other Solid Tumors
Hydroxyurea Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
Impact of Consumer Health Informatics Applications
Impact of Gene Expression Profiling Tests on Breast Cancer Outcomes
Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Fasting Glucose, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy
Insomnia, Manifestations and Management
Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care
Issues and Challenges in Conducting Systematic Reviews to Support Development of Nutrient Reference Values, Workshop Summary
Management of Chronic Hepatitis B
Management of Uterine Fibroids: An Update of the Evidence
Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor
Meditation Practices for Health
Menopause-Related Symptoms, Management
Minority Healthcare Quality, Improvement Strategies
Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements, Chronic Disease Prevention
NIH State of the Science Conference: Family History and Improving Health; OMAR Conference
Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care
Obesity, Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms in Culture Studies
Outcomes of Genetic Testing in Adults with a History of Venous Thromboembolism
Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain
Ovarian Cancer, Genomic Tests for Detection and Management
Parkinson's Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment
Patient Safety, Effects of Working Conditions
Perinatal Depression, Prevalence and Screening
Periodic Health Evaluation, Value
Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression
Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults
Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Micronutrients and Health: A Critical Appraisal, Volume 3
Sinusitis, Acute Bacterial—Update
Small Cell Lung Cancer, Management
Soy, Effects on Health Outcomes
Stroke, Evaluation and Treatment
Telemedicine for the Medicare Population—Update
Therapeutic Management, Delivery, and Postpartum Risk Assessment and Screening in Gestational Diabetes
Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control
Toilet Training
Treatment of Common Hip Fractures
Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women
Treatment of Primary and Secondary Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Updating Systematic Reviews
Utility of Monitoring Mycophenolic Acid in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes
Will It Work Here? A Decisionmakers Guide to Adopting Innovations

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Gerontology. Go to Elderly/Long-Term Care
Gynecology. Go to Women's Health

Health Care Costs and Utilization

Ambulatory Surgery in U.S. Hospitals, 2003
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Injury-Related Emergency Department Utilization and Expenditures
Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2004
Changes in Financial Burdens for Health Care: National Estimates for the Population Younger than 65 Years, 1996 to 2003
Changes in Hospital Readmissions for Diabetes-Related Conditions: Differences by Payer
Changing Pattern of Hospital Care for Persons Living with HIV: 2000 through 2004, The
Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Cost of Being a Woman: A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions, The
Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States
Cost Shifting Under Managed Behavioral Health Care
Costs and State-Specific Rates of Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebroplasty, 2001-2005
Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004
Diffusion of New Technology and Payment Policies: Coronary Stents
Distribution of Public Spending for Health Care in the United States, 2002, The
Do HMOs Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries?
Does Participation in the Food Stamp Program Increase the Prevalence of Obesity and Health Care Spending?
Effect of Immediate Reading of Screening Mammograms on Medical Care Utilization and Costs After False-Positive Mammograms, The
Effect of Tax Subsidies on High Health Care Expenditure Burdens in the United States, The
Financial Burden of Health Care, 2001-2004
HCUPnet
Health, Spending and the Effort to Improve Quality in OECD Countries: A Review of the Data
Hospital Charges Attributable to a Primary Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Older Adults in the United States, 1998-2004
Identifying, Categorizing, and Evaluating Health Care Efficiency Measures
Impact of Medical Errors on Ninety-Day Costs and Outcomes: An Examination of Surgical Patients, The
Improving Efficiency and Value in Health Care: Introduction
Improving the Quality of Nursing Care Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data
Increasing the Relevance of Research to Health Care Managers: Hospital CEO Imperatives for Improving Quality and Lowering Costs
Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
Medicare Payment for Selected Adverse Events: Building the Business Case for Investing in Patient Safety
MEPS: A Survey of Health Care Use and Spending
MEPS Statistical Briefs
MEPSnet
Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission: Financial Implications and Challenges
Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure
New Estimates of the Demand for Physical and Mental Health Treatment
Overweight in Adolescents: Implications for Health Expenditures
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Prescription Drugs and the Changing Concentration of Health Care Expenditures
Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2003
Reconciling Medical Expenditure Estimates from the MEPS and NHEA, 2002
Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003
State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) Brochure
State Differences in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2003
State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) Brochure
State Inpatient Databases (SID) Brochure
Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Benefits: A Review of State Reporting Requirements
Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the U.S. Obesity Epidemic

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