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Cost Shifting Under Managed Behavioral Health Care Health Care Markets: Concepts, Data, Measures, and Current Research Challenge Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals Shape of Demand: What Does It Tell Us About Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Antidepressants? The
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Advancing Personalized Health Care Through Health Information Technology: An Update from the American Health Information Community's Personalized Health Care Workgroup Bar-Coded Medication Administration: Decisionmaker Brief Barriers and Drivers of Health Information Technology Use for the Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Underserved Chronic Disease Management: Decisionmaker Brief Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support in Long-Term Care Facilities: Costs and Benefits to Stakeholders Computerized Provider Order Entry: Decisionmaker Brief Getting to "Smart" Health Care Health Information Technology, Costs and Benefits Introduction to the JGIM Special Issue on Health Information Technology Investing in Health Information Infrastructure: Can It Help Achieve Health Reform? Moving Closer to a Rapid-Learning Health Care System Public Role in Promoting Child Health Information Technology, The Redesigning Care Processes Using an Electronic Health Record: A System’s Experience Telehealth: Decisionmaker Brief Unintended Consequences of Information Technologies in Health Care—An Interactive Sociotechnical Analysis
Access to Health Care for Nonmetro and Metro Latinos of Mexican Origin in the United States Accuracy of Reported Insurance Status in the MEPS, The Changes in Hospital Readmissions for Diabetes-Related Conditions: Differences by Payer Children's Eligibility and Coverage: A Look Ahead CMS’s Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety Consumer-Oriented Strategies for Improving Health Benefit Design: An Overview Dental Care Use: Does Dental Insurance Truly Make a Difference in the U.S.? Diffusion of New Technology and Payment Policies: Coronary Stents Discrete Choice Decomposition Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Health Insurance Coverage, A Do SCHIP Enrollees Stay Insured? Do HMOs Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries? Health Insurance Coverage During a 24-Month Period: A Comparison of Estimates from Two National Health Surveys Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Preferences for Coverage, Worker Sorting, and Insurance Take-Up Health, Preventive Health Care, and Health Care Access Among Women with Disabilities in the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims Immigrants and the Use of Preventive Care in the United States Impact of Increased Tax Subsidies on the Insurance Coverage of Self-Employed Families: Evidence from the 1996-2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, The Impact of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Implementation on Medicaid and SCHIP Impact of Survey Attrition on Health Insurance Coverage Estimates in a National Longitudinal Health Care Survey, The Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients’ and Physicians’ Needs? Informed Participation in TennCare by People with Disabilities Medicare Payment for Selected Adverse Events: Building the Business Case for Investing in Patient Safety Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide Parity for Whom? Exemptions and the Extent of State Mental Health Parity Legislation Partially Identifying Treatment Effects with an Application to Covering the Uninsured Pathways to Coverage: The Changing Roles of Public and Private Sources Payer Perspectives on Pharmacogenomics Testing and Drug Development Poor People, Poor Places and Access to Health Care in the United States Primary Care Physicians' Perceptions of the Effect of Insurance Status on Clinical Decision Making Prior Health Care Experiences of Adolescents Who Enroll in SCHIP Questions and Answers About Health Insurance: A Consumer Guide Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002 Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003 State Differences in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2003 Tax Subsidies for Employment-Related Health Insurance: Estimates for 2006 Utility of Prediction Models to Oversample the Long-Term Uninsured, The Wealth, Income, and the Affordability of Health Insurance Who Enrolls in Oregon's Premium Assistance Program and How Do They Fare? Workers Who Decline Employment-Related Health Insurance
Assessing and Understanding Measurement Equivalence in Health Outcome Measures: Issues for Further Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry Completeness of Cause of Injury Coding in Healthcare Administrative Databases in the United States, 2001 Cost-Effective Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Comparisons of Patient Safety Creating and Synthesizing Evidence with Decision Makers in Mind: Integrating Evidence from Clinical Trials and Other Study Designs Developing a Research Agenda for Assisted Living Development of a CAHPS® Instrument for Nursing Home Residents (NHCAHPS), The Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality Funding Opportunities in Knowledge Translation: Review of the AHRQ's "Translating Research into Practice" Initiatives, Competing Funding Agencies, and Strategies for Success Global Self-Rated Mental Health: Associations with Other Mental Health Measures and with Role Functioning Go Out or Stay In: The Effects of Zero Tolerance Laws on Alcohol Use and Drinking and Driving Patterns Among College Students Health Limitations and Quality of Life Associated with Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases by Phase of Care Identifying, Categorizing, and Evaluating Health Care Efficiency Measures Improving Depiction of Benefits and Harms: Analyses of Studies of Well-Known Therapeutics and Review of High-Impact Medical Journals Increasing the Relevance of Research to Health Care Managers: Hospital CEO Imperatives for Improving Quality and Lowering Costs Interdisciplinary Research: The Role of Nursing Education National Survey of Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks, A On Modelling Response Propensity for Dwelling Unit (DU) Level Non-Response Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Performance of Performance Measurement, The Population-Based Trends in Volumes and Rates of Ambulatory Lumbar Spine Surgery Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data So What? The Challenge of Doing "Need to Know" versus "Would Like to Know" Research Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Hospital Inefficiency: A Review of Empirical Issues and an Assessment of Robustness Study Designs for Effectiveness and Translation Research: Identifying Trade-offs Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Hospital Discharge Data Updated U.S. Population Standard for the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) Validity of ICD-9-CM Codes in Identifying Postoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, The
Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Results of a National Survey 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 Board Engagement in Quality: Findings of a Survey of Hospital and System Leaders Board Oversight of Quality: Any Differences in Process of Care and Mortality? Can State Databases Be Used to Develop a National, Standardized Hospital Nurse Staffing Database? Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2004 Changes in Hospital Readmissions for Diabetes-Related Conditions: Differences by Payer CMS’s Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States Current Status of Surge Research Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments Designing for Safety: Evidence-Based Design and Hospitals Do HMOs Reduce Preventable Hospitalizations for Medicare Beneficiaries? Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions? Effects of Hospital Competition on Inpatient Quality of Care Emergency Departments in Crisis: Implications for Accessibility, Quality, and Safety Emergency Departments in Crisis: Opportunities for Research Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need to Know Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach Evidence Shows Cost and Patient Safety Benefits of Emergency Pharmacists Forging a New Path to Medication Safety with Emergency Pharmacists HCUPnet Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Care for Women's Cancers Hospital and Demographic Influences on the Disposition of Transient Ischemic Attack Hospital Charges Attributable to a Primary Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases in Older Adults in the United States, 1998-2004 Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2009 Comparative Database Report How Do Hospital Organizational Structure and Processes Affect Quality of Care? A Critical Review of Research Methods How Often Are Potential Patient Safety Events Present on Admission? Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims 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 Patient Safety in Hospitals: Contributions of High-Reliability Theory and Normal Accident Theory Increasing the Relevance of Research to Health Care Managers: Hospital CEO Imperatives for Improving Quality and Lowering Costs Infectious Disease Hospitalizations Among Infants in the United States Inpatient Quality Indicators Limiting Nurse Overtime and Promoting Other Good Working Conditions Influences Patient Safety Measuring Hospital Inefficiency: The Effects of Controlling for Quality and Patient Burden of Illness Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals Modifying ICD-9-CM Coding of Secondary Diagnoses to Improve Risk-Adjustment of Inpatient Mortality Rates Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit: Challenges and Opportunities Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2003 Reducing Hospitalizations from Long-Term Care Settings Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003 Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Hospital Inefficiency: A Review of Empirical Issues and an Assessment of Robustness Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Benefits: A Review of State Reporting Requirements Tool for Evaluating Core Elements of Hospital Disaster Drills Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality Trends in Intussusception Hospitalizations Among U.S. Infants, 1993-2004: Implications for Monitoring the Safety of the New Rotavirus Vaccination Program Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Hospital Discharge Data
Insurance. Go to Health Insurance/Access to Care Long-Term Care. Go to Elderly/Long-Term Care Managed Care. Go to Health Care Markets/Managed Care Markets. Go to Health Care Markets/Managed Care Measuring Health Care Quality. Go to Quality of Care Medical Effectiveness Research. Go to Outcomes and Effectiveness Research Medical Errors. Go to Patient Safety/Medical Errors
Care of Adults with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2004 Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, A Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Dementia, Pharmacological Treatment Depression, CYP450 Testing for Adults Treated with SSRIs Eating Disorders, Management Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics Global Self-Rated Mental Health: Associations with Other Mental Health Measures and with Role Functioning Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs New Estimates of the Demand for Physical and Mental Health Treatment Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Effects on Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms in Culture Studies Parity for Whom? Exemptions and the Extent of State Mental Health Parity Legislation Perinatal Depression, Prevalence and Screening Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression Quick-Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use Shape of Demand: What Does It Tell Us About Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Antidepressants? The Substance Abuse Treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Role of Patient-Provider Discussions Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control 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
Methodological Research. Go to Statistical and Methodological Research
Access to Health Care for Nonmetro and Metro Latinos of Mexican Origin in the United States Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action Community Variation: Disparities in Health Care Quality Between Asian and White Medicare Beneficiaries Coping with Toothache Pain: A Qualitative Study of Low-Income Persons and Minorities Discrete Choice Decomposition Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Health Insurance Coverage, A Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women Eliminating Asthma Disparities Through Multistakeholder Partnerships Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Use of Stimulant Medications Exploring and Crossing the Disparity Divide in Cancer Mortality Impact of Patient Race on Patient Experiences of Access and Communication in HIV Care Improving Quality and Reducing Disparities: The Role of Nurses Integrating Literacy, Culture, and Language to Improve Health Care Quality for Diverse Populations Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities Minority Healthcare Quality, Improvement Strategies National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2008 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Patient Assessments of Interactions with Providers: Disparities or Measurement Biases? Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Individual Workplace Injury Risk Trajectories: 1988-1998 Re-examination of Distance as a Proxy for Severity of Illness and the Implications for Differences in Utilization by Race/Ethnicity: A Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use Trends in Racial Disparities Among the Elderly for Selected Procedures
Nursing Homes. Go to Elderly/Long-Term Care Obstetrics. Go to Women's Health Oral Health. Go to Dental Health
Aprotinin Use in Thoracic Aortic Surgery: Safety and Outcomes Are Lumbar Spine Reoperation Rates Falling with Greater Use of Fusion Surgery and New Surgical Technology? Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Cardiac Device Implantation in the United States from 1997 through 2004: A Population-Based Analysis Centers for Education & Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) Brochure CERTs Annual Report Year 7 CERTs Annual Report Year 6 Comparison of Outcomes Resulting from Generalist vs. Specialist Care for a Single Discrete Medical Condition, A End-of-Life Care and Outcomes Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the New Millennium Getting to "Smart" Health Care Health-Related Quality of Life After Mitral Valve Repairs and Replacements Incidence and Short-Term Outcomes of Primary and Revision Hip Replacement in the United States Practice Makes Perfect: A Volume-Outcome Study of Hospital Patients with HIV Disease Pressure Ulcer Plan Is Working Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial: VA/NCI/AHRQ Cooperative Studies Program #407 (PIVOT): Design and Baseline Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Radical Prostatectomy to Watchful Waiting for Men with Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer, The Recent Improvements in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Reoperation Rates Following Lumbar Spine Surgery and the Influence of Spinal Fusion Procedures Roundtable on Expanding Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line
Accountability Conundrum: Staying Focused, Delivering Results, The; A Report on the UHC 2008 Quality and Safety Forum Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Results of a National Survey Adverse Event Reporting Systems and Safer Healthcare Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Quality and Disparities Reports Emphasize Patient Safety AHRQ Web M&M Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders Care Transitions: A Threat and an Opportunity for Patient Safety CMS’s Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety Communication Failure: Basic Components, Contributing Factors, and the Call for Structure Computerized Physician Order Entry with Clinical Decision Support in Long-Term Care Facilities: Costs and Benefits to Stakeholders Cost-Effective Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Comparisons of Patient Safety Designing for Safety: Evidence-Based Design and Hospitals Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions? DoD Medical Team Training Programs: An Independent Case Study Analysis Evidence Shows Cost and Patient Safety Benefits of Emergency Pharmacists Forging a New Path to Medication Safety with Emergency Pharmacists Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2008 Comparative Database Report Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2009 Comparative Database Report How Often Are Potential Patient Safety Events Present on Admission? How Useful Are Voluntary Medication Error Reports? The Case of Warfarin-Related Medication Errors Impact of Medical Errors on Ninety-Day Costs and Outcomes: An Examination of Surgical Patients, The Improving Patient Safety by Instructional Systems Design Improving the Complex Nature of Care Transitions Improving the Health Care Work Environment: A Sociotechnical Systems Approach Improving the Health Care Work Environment: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy Initiating Transformational Change to Enhance Patient Safety Intensive Care Unit, Patient Safety, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, The Issues in the Design of Training for Quality and Safety Limiting Nurse Overtime and Promoting Other Good Working Conditions Influences Patient Safety Medicaid Markets and Pediatric Patient Safety in Hospitals Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Medicare Payment for Selected Adverse Events: Building the Business Case for Investing in Patient Safety Mistake-Proofing in Health Care: Lessons for Ongoing Patient Safety Improvements Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes New Patient Safety Organizations Can Help Providers Learn From and Reduce Patient Safety Events New Patient Safety Organizations Lower Roadblocks to Medical Error Reporting Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses Patient Safety, Effects of Working Conditions Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Tools, Methods, and Techniques for Improving Patient Safety Patient Safety in Nursing Practice Patient Safety in the Intensive Care Unit: Challenges and Opportunities Pediatric Quality Indicators Performance of Performance Measurement, The Pharmacists Emerge as Key Stakeholders in Quality, Patient Safety Efforts Practice Makes Perfect: A Volume-Outcome Study of Hospital Patients with HIV Disease Pressure Ulcer Plan Is Working Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion Putting the Patient in Patient Safety Simulation in Health Care: Setting Realistic Expectations Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality TeamSTEPPS™: Assuring Optimal Teamwork in Clinical Settings TeamSTEPPS™ Instructor Guide Team STEPPS Multimedia Resource Kit TeamSTEPPS™: Optimizing Teamwork in the Perioperative Setting Team STEPPS Pocket Guide TeamSTEPPS™ Poster TeamSTEPPS Rapid Response System Module, CD Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality Triggers and Targeted Injury Detection Systems (TIDS) Expert Panel Meeting: Conference Summary Using Patient Safety Indicators to Estimate the Impact of Potential Adverse Events on Outcomes
Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide for Purchasers Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission: Financial Implications and Challenges Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line
Pediatrics. Go to Children's Health Practice Guidelines. Go to Clinical Practice Guidelines Preventive Services. Go to Clinical Preventive Services
Alcohol Use Among HIV-Infected Persons in Care: Results of a Multi-Site Survey Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events Collection and Use of Cancer Family History in Primary Care Describing Primary Care Encounters: The Primary Care Network Survey and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the New Millennium Health Emergency Assistance Line and Triage Hub (HEALTH) Model How Well Do Family Physicians Manage Skin Lesions? Impact of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Implementation on Medicaid and SCHIP Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care Practice: Innovative Strategies and Future Directions Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture National Survey of Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks, A Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Perinatal Depression: Prevalence and Screening Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression Primary Care Physicians' Perceptions of the Effect of Insurance Status on Clinical Decision Making Primary Care: Too Important to Fail Substance Abuse Treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Role of Patient-Provider Discussions
Adapting Community Call Centers for Crisis Support: A Model for Home-Based Care and Monitoring AHRQ's Bioterrorism and Health System Preparedness Initiative Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events Bioterrorism Preparedness, Pediatric Anthrax Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness Current Status of Surge Research Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments Emergency Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need To Know Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach Health Emergency Assistance Line and Triage Hub (HEALTH) Model Home Health Care During an Influenza Pandemic: Issues and Resources Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies: Special Needs and Potential Roles Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness; A Resource for Pediatricians Project XTREME: Cross-Training Respiratory Extenders Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrrorist Events School-Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol Tool for Evaluating Core Elements of Hospital Disaster Drills
Accountability Conundrum: Staying Focused, Delivering Results, The; A Report on the UHC 2008 Quality and Safety Forum Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Quality and Disparities Reports Emphasize Patient Safety AHRQ's National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports: An Ever-Expanding Road Map for Improvement All or None Measurement: Why We Know So Little About the Comprehensiveness of Care Assessing the Validity of Self-Reported Medication Adherence in Hepatitis C Treatment Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action Bar-Coded Medication Administration: Decisionmaker Brief Be Prepared for Medical Appointments: Build Your Questions List Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders Best Practice Implementation: Lessons Learned from 20 Partnerships Board Engagement in Quality: Findings of a Survey of Hospital and System Leaders Board Oversight of Quality: Any Differences in Process of Care and Mortality? Breast Cancer Care in Women, Measuring Quality Building Capacity for a Transformation Initiative: System Redesign at Denver Health Chronic Disease Management: Decisionmaker Brief Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action Closing the Quality Gap: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior Closing the Quality Gap: Asthma Care Closing the Quality Gap: Care Coordination Closing the Quality Gap: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections Community Variation: Disparities in Health Care Quality Between Asian and White Medicare Beneficiaries Computerized Provider Order Entry: Decisionmaker Brief Design of the Physical Environment for Changing Healthcare Needs Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs: A User's Guide Development of a CAHPS® Instrument for Nursing Home Residents (NHCAHPS), The Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for States Disseminating QI Interventions Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask? Effectiveness of Continuing Medical Education Effects of Hospital Competition on Inpatient Quality of Care Emergency Departments in Crisis: Implications for Accessibility, Quality, and Safety Emergency Departments in Crisis: Opportunities for Research Enhancing Quality Improvement Evaluating the Impact of Partnerships to Improve Clinical Quality Evidence-Based Practice: AHRQ's Role in Generating and Disseminating Knowledge Finding Order in Heterogeneity: Types of Quality Improvement Intervention Publications Frontiers in Gender-Based Research: Health Care Quality Data Guide to Health Care Quality Health, Spending and the Effort to Improve Quality in OECD Countries: A Review of the Data Hospital and Demographic Influences on the Disposition of Transient Ischemic Attack Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials How Do Hospital Organizational Structure and Processes Affect Quality of Care? A Critical Review of Research Methods Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims Improving Depiction of Benefits and Harms: Analyses of Studies of Well-Known Therapeutics and Review of High-Impact Medical Journals Improving Efficiency and Value in Health Care: Introduction Improving Quality and Reducing Disparities: The Role of Nurses Improving the Complex Nature of Care Transitions Inpatient Quality Indicators Integrating Literacy, Culture, and Language to Improve Health Care Quality for Diverse Populations Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool: User's Guide Issues in the Design of Training for Quality and Safety Measuring Children's Health Care Quality Measuring Hospital Inefficiency: The Effects of Controlling for Quality and Patient Burden of Illness Missed Opportunities for Quality Improvement 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 National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008 Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care Nursing Homes' Response to the Nursing Home Compare Report Card Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers Pediatric Quality Indicators Pharmacists Emerge as Key Stakeholders in Quality, Patient Safety Efforts Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes Questions Are the Answer Redesigning Care Processes Using an Electronic Health Record: A System’s Experience Redesigning Health Systems for Quality: Lessons from Emerging Practices Role of the Physical Environment in Crossing the Quality Chasm, The SCIP: Making Complications of Surgery the Exception Rather than the Rule Simulation in Health Care: Setting Realistic Expectations Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality State Snapshots Strategic Orientation and Nursing Home Response to Public Reporting of Quality and Measures: An Application of the Miles and Snow Typology Sustainability of Partnership Projects: A Conceptual Framework and Checklist TeamSTEPPS™: Optimizing Teamwork in the Perioperative Setting Telehealth: Decisionmaker Brief Third National Reports on Healthcare Quality and Disparities in the United States, The. National Data for Targeting Improvements "3Ts" Road Map to Transform U.S. Health Care: The "How" of High-Quality Care, The Unintended Consequences of Information Technologies in Health Care—An Interactive Sociotechnical Analysis Women with Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005
Research. Go to Health Services Research; Outcomes and Effectiveness Research; Statistical and Methodological Research
Assessing and Understanding Measurement Equivalence in Health Outcome Measures: Issues for Further Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry Can State Databases Be Used to Develop a National, Standardized Hospital Nurse Staffing Database? Completeness of Cause of Injury Coding in Healthcare Administrative Databases in the United States, 2001 Discrete Choice Decomposition Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Health Insurance Coverage, A Enhancement of Claims Data to Improve Risk Adjustment of Hospital Mortality Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, A Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users, Consumer Guide Helping Smokers Quit, A Guide for Clinicians Quick-Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card Smoking in the Home and Children's Health Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control 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
Utilization of Health Care. Go to Health Care Cost and Utilization
Bariatric Surgery in Women of Reproductive Age: Special Concerns for Pregnancy Bariatric Surgery: What Women Need to Know Breast Cancer Care in Women, Measuring Quality Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in Developed Countries Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request Cost of Being a Woman: A National Study of Health Care Utilization and Expenditures for Female-Specific Conditions, The Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women Effect of Immediate Reading of Screening Mammograms on Medical Care Utilization and Costs After False-Positive Mammograms, The Effectiveness of Assisted Reproductive Technology Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities Episiotomy Use in Obstetrical Care Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: Clinician's Guide Frontiers in Gender-Based Research: Health Care Quality Data Health, Preventive Health Care, and Health Care Access Among Women with Disabilities in the 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Care for Women's Cancers Impact of Gene Expression Profiling Tests on Breast Cancer Outcomes Management of Uterine Fibroids: An Update of the Evidence Menopause-Related Symptoms, Management Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain Ovarian Cancer, Genomic Tests for Detection and Management Perinatal Depression: Prevalence and Screening Surgery Choices for Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Therapeutic Management, Delivery, and Postpartum Risk Assessment and Screening in Gestational Diabetes 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 Women with Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005 Women with Diagnosed Diabetes Across the Life Stages: Underuse of Recommended Preventive Care Services You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice from Your Prenatal Care Provider, Tearsheet Pad
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