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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
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
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
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
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
Methodological Research. Go to Statistical and Methodological Research
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
Nursing Homes. Go to Elderly/Long-Term Care Obstetrics. Go to Women's Health
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
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
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
Pediatrics. Go to Children's Health Practice Guidelines. Go to Clinical Practice Guidelines
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
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
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
Research. Go to Health Services Research; Outcomes and Effectiveness 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?
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
Utilization of Health Care. Go to Health Care Cost and Utilization
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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