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Agency Information
Children's Health
Clinical Practice Guidelines
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 Information Technology
Health Insurance/Access to Care
Health Services Research
Hospitals
Minority Health
Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Patient Safety/Medical Errors
Pay for Performance
Prevention
Primary Care
Quality of Care
Statistical and Methodological Research
Treating Tobacco Use
Women's Health


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Health Insurance/Access to Care

Adverse Selection and the Effect of Health Insurance on Utilization of Prescribed Medicine Among Patients with Chronic Conditions
Annual Medical Spending Attributable to Obesity: Payer- and Service-Specific Estimates
Changes in Hospital Readmissions for Diabetes-Related Conditions: Differences by Payer
Characteristics of Employers Offering Dental Coverage in the United States
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Measures Initiatives: Moving Forward to Improve Measurement, Care, and Child and Adolescent Outcomes, The
CMS's Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety
CMS's Landmark Decision on CT Colonography: Examining the Relevant Data
Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide to Building a Community "HUB" to Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes
Containing Costs and Improving Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP
Cost and Incidence of Prescribing Errors Among Privately Insured HIV Patients, The
Diffusion of New Technology and Payment Policies: Coronary Stents
Do Medicare Advantage Enrollees Tend to Be Admitted to Hospitals with Better or Worse Outcomes Compared with Fee-for-Service Enrollees?
Do SCHIP Enrollees Stay Insured?
Effects of Immigration on the Health Insurance Status of Natives
Families with Mixed Eligibility for Public Coverage: Navigating Medicaid, CHIP, and Uninsurance
Financing of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Insurance, Managed Care, and Reimbursement, The
Game-Theoretical Interpretation of Guaranteed Renewability in Health Insurance, A
Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Preferences for Coverage, Worker Sorting, and Insurance Take-Up
Health Insurance Status of Low-Wage Workers: The Role of Workplace Composition and Marital Status, The
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 Design Modifications 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?
Partially Identifying Treatment Effects with an Application to Covering the Uninsured
Payer Perspectives on Pharmacogenomics Testing and Drug Development
Payment Reform
Poor People, Poor Places and Access to Health Care in the United States
State Regulatory Enforcement and Nursing Home Termination from the Medicare and Medicaid Programs
Unhealthy and Uninsured: Exploring Racial Differences in Health and Health Insurance Coverage Using a Life Table Approach
Utility of Prediction Models to Oversample the Long-Term Uninsured, The
Value-Based Insurance Design in Medicare
Wealth, Income, and the Affordability of Health Insurance

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Health Services Research

Accuracy of Medicare Expenditures in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Advancing Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Defining and Measuring Successful Emergency Care Networks: A Research Agenda
Game-Theoretical Interpretation of Guaranteed Renewability in Health Insurance, A
Health Expenditure Estimation and Functional Form: Applications of the Generalized Gamma and Extended Estimating Equations Models
Health Services Research Agenda for Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic Technologies in Cancer Care, A
Impact of Survey Design Modifications on Health Insurance Coverage Estimates in a National Longitudinal Health Care Survey, The
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Bacteraemia in HIV-Infected Adults in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: A National Information Resource to Support Healthcare Cost Research and Inform Policy and Practice, The
National Release of the Nursing Home Quality Report Cards: Implications of Statistical Methodology for Risk Adjustment
Patient Engagement in Health Care
Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data
Sensitivity of Household Reported Medical Conditions in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Updated U.S. Population Standard for the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12)
Using Information on Clinical Conditions to Predict High-Cost Patients
Using Proxy Measures and Other Correlates of Survey Outcomes to Adjust for Non-Response: Examples from Multiple Surveys
Validating Household Reports of Health Care Use in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
What Have We Learned from the Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis to U.S. Hospitals?
Within-Year Concentration of Medical Care: Implications for Family Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Burdens, The

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Hospitals

Acute Care Utilization and Rehospitalizations for Sickle Cell Disease
Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Results of a National Survey
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?
Canary's Warning: Why Infections Matter, The
Changes in Hospital Readmissions for Diabetes-Related Conditions: Differences by Payer
CMS's Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety
Costly Hospital Readmissions and Complex Chronic Illness
Defining the Emergency Care Sensitive Condition: A Health Policy Research Agenda in Emergency Medicine
Do Medicare Advantage Enrollees Tend to Be Admitted to Hospitals with Better or Worse Outcomes Compared with Fee-for-Service Enrollees?
Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions?
Does Prescription Drug Adherence Reduce Hospitalizations and Costs? The Case of Diabetes
Effect of Certificate-of-Need Laws on Hospital Beds and Healthcare Expenditures: An Empirical Analysis, The
Emergency Department Care in the United States: A Profile of National Data Sources
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need to Know
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook
Enhancing Quality Oversight
Getting to Zero: New Resources Aim to Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
HCUPnet
Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Hospitalizations for Kawasaki Syndrome Among Children in the United States, 1997-2007
Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims
Impact of Local Resources on Hospitalization Patterns of Medicare Beneficiaries and Propensity to Travel Outside Local Markets
Improving Efficiency and Value in Health Care: Introduction
Incidence and Types of Non-Ideal Care Events in an Emergency Department
Inefficiency Differences Between Critical Access Hospitals and Prospectively Paid Rural Hospitals
Infectious Disease Hospitalizations in the United States
Inpatient Health Services Utilization Among HIV-Infected Adult Patients in Care 2002-2007
Inpatient Quality Indicators
Measuring Hospital Inefficiency: The Effects of Controlling for Quality and Patient Burden of Illness
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Hospitalizations Among the American Indian and Alaska Native Population
Modifying ICD-9-CM Coding of Secondary Diagnoses to Improve Risk-Adjustment of Inpatient Mortality Rates
More Work Is Needed to Protect Medical Residents from Fatigue and Potential Errors, IOM Report Finds
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria-Associated Lung Disease in Hospitalized Persons, United States, 1998-2005
Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations—United States, 2004-2007
Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Initiating Promising Solutions and Expanding Proven Ones
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement
Quality in the OR: The New AHRQ Reports
Race and Ethnicity Reporting in Statewide Hospital Data: Progress and Future Challenges in a Key Resource for Local and State Monitoring of Health Disparities
Racial Disparities in Diarrhea-Associated Hospitalizations Among Children in Five U.S. States, Before and After Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine
Reducing Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections
Reduction in Acute Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations Among U.S. Children After Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine: Analysis of Hospital Discharge Data from 18 U.S. States
Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge Process Lowers Readmissions, Reduces Costs
Reengineering Hospital Discharge: A Protocol to Improve Patient Safety, Reduce Costs, and Boost Patient Satisfaction
Stress of the Care Environment, The
Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Benefits: A Review of State Reporting Requirements
Ten Years After To Err Is Human
Testing the Association Between Patient Safety Indicators and Hospital Structural Characteristics in VA and Nonfederal Hospitals
Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
What Have We Learned from the Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis to U.S. Hospitals?Youth Motorcycle-Related Brain Injury by State Helmet Law Type: United States, 2005-2007
Youth Motorcycle-Related Hospitalizations and Traumatic Brain Injuries in the United States in 2006

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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

Mental Health/Substance Abuse

Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, A
Depression After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers
Do Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Problems Respond to Cigarette Prices?
Dual Eligibles with Mental Disorders and Medicare Part B: How Are They Faring?
Effects of Antidepressant Treatment on Antiretroviral Regimen Adherence Among Depressed HIV-Infected Patients
Examining Latino Differences in Mental Healthcare Use: The Roles of Acculturation and Attitudes Towards Healthcare
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Children's Use of Stimulant Medications
Financing of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Insurance, Managed Care, and Reimbursement, The
Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care
Mental Health and Family Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Burdens
Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs
National Agenda for Research in Collaborative Care: Papers from the Collaborative Care Research Network Research Development Conference, A
New Estimates of the Demand for Physical and Mental Health Treatment
Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics
Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs: A Summary for Clinicians and Policymakers
Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline
Quick-Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use
State Variations in the Out-of-Pocket Spending Burden for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
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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Methodological Research. Go to Statistical and Methodological Research

Minority Health

Acute Care Utilization and Rehospitalizations for Sickle Cell Disease
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Children's Health Care Quality
Can Incentives to Improve Quality Reduce Disparities?
Community and Individual Race/Ethnicity and Home Health Care Use Among Elderly Persons in the United States
Examining Latino Differences in Mental Healthcare Use: The Roles of Acculturation and Attitudes Towards Healthcare
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antidepressant Use Among Adolescents
Healthcare Quality and Disparities: Attacking Problems at Their Root
Immigrants and the Use of Preventive Care in the United States
Impact of Patient Race on Patient Experiences of Access and Communication in HIV Care
Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Hospitalizations Among the American Indian and Alaska Native Population
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2010
Not About Us Without Us
Race and Ethnicity Reporting in Statewide Hospital Data: Progress and Future Challenges in a Key Resource for Local and State Monitoring of Health Disparities
Racial Disparities in Diarrhea-Associated Hospitalizations Among Children in Five U.S. States, Before and After Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine
Racial Disparities in the Frequency of Patient Safety Events: Results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System
Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Individual Workplace Injury Risk Trajectories: 1988-1998
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Incidence of Kawasaki Syndrome Among Children in Hawaii
Reducing Disparities in Health Care Quality: The Role of Health IT in Underresourced Settings
Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use
Unhealthy and Uninsured: Exploring Racial Differences in Health and Health Insurance Coverage Using a Life Table Approach

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Nursing Homes. Go to Elderly/Long-Term Care
Obstetrics. Go to Women's Health

Outcomes and Effectiveness Research

Adverse Events After Stopping Clopidogrel in Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Insights from a Large Integrated Healthcare Delivery System
Cancer Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoepidemiology: Setting a Research Agenda to Accelerate Translation
CERTs Annual Report Year 7
Challenge of Multiple Comorbidity for the U.S. Health Care System, The
Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide to Building a Community "HUB" to Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes
Effects of Antidepressant Treatment on Antiretroviral Regimen Adherence Among Depressed HIV-Infected Patients
Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the New Millennium
Planning the Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Registry Initiative (SAFARI) as a Collaborative Pan-Stakeholder Critical Path Registry Model: A Cardiac Safety Research Consortium "Incubator" Think Tank
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
Roundtable on Expanding Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States
Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line

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Patient Safety/Medical Errors

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
Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence Design and Implementation
Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Results of a National Survey
Adverse Event Reporting Systems and Safer Healthcare
AHRQ Patient Safety Network
AHRQ Web M&M
Applying Trigger Tools to Detect Adverse Events Associated with Outpatient Surgery
Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders
Canary's Warning: Why Infections Matter, The
CMS's Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety
Common Formats Allow Uniform Collection and Reporting of Patient Safety Data by Patient Safety Organizations
Cost and Incidence of Prescribing Errors Among Privately Insured HIV Patients, The
Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions?
DoD Medical Team Training Programs: An Independent Case Study Analysis
Establishing a Global Learning Community for Incident-Reporting Systems
Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report
Human Factors of Home Health Care: A Conceptual Model for Examining Safety and Quality Concerns, The
Incidence and Types of Non-Ideal Care Events in an Emergency Department
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes
More Work Is Needed to Protect Medical Residents from Fatigue and Potential Errors, IOM Report Finds
New Patient Safety Culture Survey Helps Medical Offices Assess Awareness
New Patient Safety Organizations Can Help Providers Learn From and Reduce Patient Safety Events
New Patient Safety Organizations Lower Roadblocks to Medical Error Reporting
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Partial Truths in the Pursuit of Patient Safety
Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform: Putting the Patient First
Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses
Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Tools, Methods, and Techniques for Improving Patient Safety
Patient Safety Quality Indicators
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Pharmacists Emerge as Key Stakeholders in Quality, Patient Safety Efforts
Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion
Racial Disparities in the Frequency of Patient Safety Events: Results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System
Reducing Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections
Reducing Health Care Hazards: Lessons from the Commercial Aviation Safety Team
Reengineering Hospital Discharge: A Protocol to Improve Patient Safety, Reduce Costs, and Boost Patient Satisfaction
Science of Safety Improvement: Learning While Doing, The
State Regulatory Enforcement and Nursing Home Termination from the Medicare and Medicaid Programs
Stress of the Care Environment, The
TeamSTEPPS Guide to Action
TeamSTEPPS Instructor Guide
TeamSTEPPS Multimedia Resource Kit
TeamSTEPPS Pocket Guide
TeamSTEPPS Poster
TeamSTEPPS Rapid Response System Module CD
Ten Years After To Err Is Human
Testing the Association Between Patient Safety Indicators and Hospital Structural Characteristics in VA and Nonfederal Hospitals
Tools to Alleviate Safety Concerns
Towards a Safer Healthcare System
Transforming Healthcare: A Safety Imperative
Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
Triggers and Targeted Injury Detection Systems (TIDS) Expert Panel Meeting: Conference Summary

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Pay for Performance

Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Paying Physicians by Capitation: Is the Past Now Prologue?
Payment Reform
Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line

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Pediatrics. Go to Children's Health
Practice Guidelines. Go to Clinical Practice Guidelines

Prevention

Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS)
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2010-2011, The
Immigrants and the Use of Preventive Care in the United States
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+
Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults
Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Screening of Infants for Hyperbilirubinemia to Prevent Chronic Bilirubin Encephalopathy
Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age
Women: Stay Healthy at 50+
Women with Diagnosed Diabetes Across the Life Stages: Underuse of Recommended Preventive Care Services

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Primary Care

As Obesity Epidemic Escalates, Need for More Screening and Counseling Grows
Colorectal Cancer Screening by Primary Care Physicians: Recommendations and Practices, 2006-2007
Coordinating Care in the Medical Neighborhood: Critical Components and Available Mechanisms
Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the New Millennium
Health Information Technology: Turning the Patient-Centered Medical Home from Concept to Reality
Impact of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Implementation on Medicaid and SCHIP
Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
National Agenda for Research in Collaborative Care: Papers from the Collaborative Care Research Network Research Development Conference, A
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Patient-Centered Medical Home Cyberinfrastructure: Current and Future Landscape
Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care, The; Decisionmaker Brief
Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations—United States, 2004-2007
Precision Science and Patient-Centered Care
Primary Care: Too Important to Fail
Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered Medical Home; Decisionmaker Brief
Using the Evidence: PCMH and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

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Quality of Care

Accountability Conundrum: Staying Focused, Delivering Results, The; A Report on the UHC 2008 Quality and Safety Forum
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Children's Health Care Quality
As Obesity Epidemic Escalates, Need for More Screening and Counseling Grows
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
Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders
Board Oversight of Quality: Any Differences in Process of Care and Mortality?
Building Capacity for a Transformation Initiative: System Redesign at Denver Health
Building the Path to High-Quality Care
Can Incentives to Improve Quality Reduce Disparities?
Changes in Clinical and Hotel Expenditures Following Publication of the Nursing Home Compare Report Card
Chasing Zero: Can Reality Meet the Rhetoric?
Chasing Zero Department: Making Idealized Design a Reality, The
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Measures Initiatives: Moving Forward to Improve Measurement, Care, and Child and Adolescent Outcomes, The
Chronic Disease Management: Decisionmaker Brief
Complexity, Bullying, and Stress: Analyzing and Mitigating a Challenging Work Environment for Nurses
Computerized Provider Order Entry: Decisionmaker Brief
Containing Costs and Improving Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP
Creating a Framework for Getting Quality into the Public Health System
Defining and Measuring Successful Emergency Care Networks: A Research Agenda
Defining the Emergency Care Sensitive Condition: A Health Policy Research Agenda in Emergency Medicine
Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs: A User's Guide
Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting
Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action
Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for States
Diabetes Primary Prevention Initiative Interventions Focus Area: A Case Study and Recommendations, The
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?
Effects of Hospital Competition on Inpatient Quality of Care
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need To Know
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook
Enhancing Quality Oversight
Finding Order in Heterogeneity: Types of Quality Improvement Intervention Publications
Getting to Zero: New Resources Aim to Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
Healthcare Quality and Disparities: Attacking Problems at Their Root
Healthy Men
Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials
Human Factors of Home Health Care: A Conceptual Model for Examining Safety and Quality Concerns, The
Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims
Identifying Children’s Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: An Evidence-Informed, Publicly Transparent Expert Process
Improving Efficiency and Value in Health Care: Introduction
Incidence and Types of Non-Ideal Care Events in an Emergency Department
Inpatient Quality Indicators
Is There Evidence of Cream Skimming Among Nursing Homes Following the Publication of the Nursing Home Compare Report Card?
Know the Questions
Leveraging Certified Nursing Assistant Documentation and Knowledge to Improve Clinical Decision Making: The On-Time Quality Improvement Program to Prevent Pressure Ulcers
Measuring Hospital Inefficiency: The Effects of Controlling for Quality and Patient Burden of Illness
Measuring Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: A Literature Review and the Development of a Systematic Approach
Modifying ICD-9-CM Coding of Secondary Diagnoses to Improve Risk-Adjustment of Inpatient Mortality Rates
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2010
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2010
National Release of the Nursing Home Quality Report Cards: Implications of Statistical Methodology for Risk Adjustment
Not About Us Without Us
Patient Safety Quality Indicators
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research: Essential for High-Quality Care
Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Paying Physicians by Capitation: Is the Past Now Prologue?
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Pharmacists Emerge as Key Stakeholders in Quality, Patient Safety Efforts
Physician Leadership for High-Quality Care
Population Mobility, Globalization, and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Long-Term-Care Facilities: A Pilot Study Implementing Standardized Nurse Aid Documentation and Feedback Reports
Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Initiating Promising Solutions and Expanding Proven Ones
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement
Prevention Quality Indicators
Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes
Quality in the OR: The New AHRQ Reports
Redesigning Care Processes Using an Electronic Health Record: A System's Experience
Reducing Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections
Reducing Disparities in Health Care Quality: The Role of Health IT in Underresourced Settings
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives
State Regulatory Enforcement and Nursing Home Termination from the Medicare and Medicaid Programs
State Snapshots
Stress of the Care Environment, The
Telehealth: Decisionmaker Brief
Ten Years After To Err Is Human
Transforming Children's Health Care Quality and Outcomes—A Not-So-Random Non-Linear Walk Across the Translational Continuum
Women at Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006
Women with Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

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Research. Go to Health Services Research; Outcomes and Effectiveness Research; Statistical and Methodological Research

Statistical and Methodological Research

Can State Databases Be Used to Develop a National, Standardized Hospital Nurse Staffing Database?
Emergency Department Care in the United States: A Profile of National Data Sources
Health Expenditure Estimation and Functional Form: Applications of the Generalized Gamma and Extended Estimating Equations Models
Impact of Survey Design Modifications on Health Insurance Coverage Estimates in a National Longitudinal Health Care Survey, The
National Release of the Nursing Home Quality Report Cards: Implications of Statistical Methodology for Risk Adjustment
Sensitivity of Household Reported Medical Conditions in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Using Information on Clinical Conditions to Predict High-Cost Patients
Using Proxy Measures and Other Correlates of Survey Outcomes to Adjust for Non-Response: Examples from Multiple Surveys
Validating Household Reports of Health Care Use in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
What Have We Learned from the Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis to U.S. Hospitals?

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Treating Tobacco Use

Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, A
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
Quitting Smoking—You Can Do It
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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Utilization of Health Care. Go to Health Care Cost and Utilization

Women's Health

Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes
Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities: Clinician Guide
Elective Induction of Labor: Safety and Harms: Clinician Guide
Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: Clinician Guide
Gestational Diabetes: A Guide for Pregnant Women
Gestational Diabetes: Caring for Women During and After Pregnancy, Clinician Guide
Having a Breast Biopsy: A Guide for Women and Their Families
Medications to Reduce Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women
Medications to Reduce the Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Clinician Guide
Noninvasive Tests for Breast Abnormalities
Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause
Reducing the Risk of Breast Cancer with Medicine: A Guide for Women
Thinking About Having Your Labor Induced? A Guide for Pregnant Women
Toward Optimal Health: Maternal Benefits of Breastfeeding
Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: New Insights
What You Need To Know About Episiotomy
Women at Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006
Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age
Women: Stay Healthy at 50+
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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