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Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: Clinician's Guide
Management of Chronic Hepatitis B
Management of Uterine Fibroids: An Update of the Evidence
Management Tools for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide
Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor
Max's Magical Delivery
Measuring Children's Health Care Quality
Measuring Hospital Inefficiency: The Effects of Controlling for Quality and Patient Burden of Illness
Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities
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
Meditation Practices for Health
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age. Your Checklist for Health
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+—Checklists for Your Health
Menopause-Related Symptoms, Management
Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs
MEPS: A Survey of Health Care Use and Spending
MEPS Statistical Briefs
MEPSnet
Minority Healthcare Quality, Improvement Strategies
Missed Opportunities for Quality Improvement
Mistake-Proofing in Health Care: Lessons for Ongoing Patient Safety Improvements
Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes
Modifying DRG-PPS to Include Only Diagnoses Present on Admission: Financial Implications and Challenges
Modifying ICD-9-CM Coding of Secondary Diagnoses to Improve Risk-Adjustment of Inpatient Mortality Rates
Monitoring and Evaluating Medicaid Fee-for-Service Care Management Programs: A User's Guide
Moving Closer to a Rapid-Learning Health Care System
Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Prevention of Chronic Disease

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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2008
National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008
National Survey of Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks, A
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure
Necrotising Enterocolitis Hospitalisations Among Neonates in the United States
New Estimates of the Demand for Physical and Mental Health Treatment
New Patient Safety Organizations Can Help Providers Learn From and Reduce Patient Safety Events
New Patient Safety Organizations Lower Roadblocks to Medical Error Reporting
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Ten Important Questions to Ask Your Doctor After a Diagnosis
NIH State of the Science Conference: Family History and Improving Health; OMAR Conference
Not Your Father's PE: Obesity, Exercise, and the Role of Schools
Nurse Staffing and Quality of Patient Care
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies: Special Needs and Potential Roles
Nursing Homes' Response to the Nursing Home Compare Report Card

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Obesity, Pharmacological and Surgical 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
On Modelling Response Propensity for Dwelling Unit (DU) Level Non-Response Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care: Case Studies
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care: Frequently Asked Questions
Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Guide for Adults
Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause
Outcomes of Genetic Testing in Adults with a History of Venous Thromboembolism
Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain
Ovarian Cancer, Genomic Tests for Detection and Management
Overweight in Adolescents: Implications for Health Expenditures

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Parental Marital Disruption, Family Type, and Transfers to Disabled Elderly Parents
Parity for Whom? Exemptions and the Extent of State Mental Health Parity Legislation
Parkinson's Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment
Partially Identifying Treatment Effects with an Application to Covering the Uninsured
Pathways to Coverage: The Changing Roles of Public and Private Sources
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
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Payer Perspectives on Pharmacogenomics Testing and Drug Development
Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness; A Resource for Pediatricians
Performance of Performance Measurement, The
Perinatal Depression: Prevalence and Screening
Periodic Health Evaluation, Value
Pharmacists Emerge as Key Stakeholders in Quality, Patient Safety Efforts
Pills for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Poor People, Poor Places and Access to Health Care in the United States
Population-Based Trends in Volumes and Rates of Ambulatory Lumbar Spine Surgery
Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression
Practice Makes Perfect: A Volume-Outcome Study of Hospital Patients with HIV Disease
Premixed Insulin Analogues: Clinician's Guide
Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Prescription Drugs and the Changing Concentration of Health Care Expenditures
Pressure Ulcer Plan Is Working
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement
Preventing Pressure Ulcers. A Patient's Guide
Prevention of Fecal and Urinary Incontinence in Adults
Prevention Quality Indicators
Primary Care Physicians' Perceptions of the Effect of Insurance Status on Clinical Decision Making
Primary Care: Too Important to Fail
Prior Health Care Experiences of Adolescents Who Enroll in SCHIP
Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion
Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2003
Progress Report on AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program: Commentary, A
Project XTREME: Cross-Training Respiratory Extenders
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
Provider-Specific Report Cards: A Tool for Health Sector Accountability in Developing Countries
Public Role in Promoting Child Health Information Technology
Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes
Putting the Patient in Patient Safety

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Questions and Answers About Health Insurance: A Consumer Guide
Questions Are the Answer
Quick-Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002
Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Individual Workplace Injury Risk Trajectories: 1988-1998
Real Men Wear Gowns
Recent Improvements in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Reconciling Medical Expenditure Estimates from the MEPS and NHEA, 2002
Redesigning Care Processes Using an Electronic Health Record: A System’s Experience
Redesigning Health Systems for Quality: Lessons from Emerging Practices
Reducing Hospitalizations from Long-Term Care Settings
Re-examination of Distance as a Proxy for Severity of Illness and the Implications for Differences in Utilization by Race/Ethnicity: A
Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments: A Guide for Consumers
Reopening Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity
Reoperation Rates Following Lumbar Spine Surgery and the Influence of Spinal Fusion Procedures
Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Micronutrients and Health: A Critical Appraisal, Volume 3
Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data
Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines: A Guide for Adults
Risk Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Fractures in U.S. Nursing Homes: Resident and Facility Characteristics and Prescription Medications
Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrrorist Events
Role of the Physical Environment in Crossing the Quality Chasm, The
Roundtable on Expanding Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States

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School-Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol
SCIP: Making Complications of Surgery the Exception Rather than the Rule
Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use
Serving the Uninsured: Safety-Net Hospitals, 2003
Shape of Demand: What Does It Tell Us About Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Antidepressants? The
Simulation in Health Care: Setting Realistic Expectations
Sinusitus, Acute Bacterial—Update
Sleepless in the Hospital: Evidence Mounts that Tired Caregivers May Compromise Quality
Small Cell Lung Cancer, Management
Smoking in the Home and Children's Health
So What? The Challenge of Doing "Need to Know" Versus "Would Like to Know" Research
Soy Effects on Health Outcomes
Stage 2 Pressure Ulcer Healing in Nursing Homes
State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) Brochure
State Differences in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance, 2003
State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) Brochure
State Inpatient Databases (SID) Brochure
State Snapshots
Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Hospital Inefficiency: A Review of Empirical Issues and an Assessment of Robustness
Strategic Orientation and Nursing Home Response to Public Reporting of Quality and Measures: An Application of the Miles and Snow Typology
Stroke, Evaluation and Treatment
Study Designs for Effectiveness and Translation Research: Identifying Trade-offs
Substance Abuse Treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Role of Patient-Provider Discussions
Superheroes
Supply of Dentists and Access to Care in Rural Kansas, The
Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Sustainability of Partnership Projects: A Conceptual Framework and Checklist

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Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Benefits: A Review of State Reporting Requirements
Tax Subsidies for Employment-Related Health Insurance: Estimates for 2006
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
Telehealth: Decisionmaker Brief
Telemedicine for the Medicare Population—Update
Therapeutic Management, Delivery, and Postpartum Risk Assessment and Screening in Gestational Diabetes
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
Three Treatments for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Evidence Shows Lack of Benefit: Clinician’s Guide
Timeline for Staying Healthy at 50+, A
Tobacco Use, Prevention, Cessation, and Control
Toilet Training
Tool for Evaluating Core Elements of Hospital Disaster Drills
Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line
Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer
Treatment of Common Hip Fractures
Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women
Treatment of Primary and Secondary Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Treatments for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Clinician's Guide
Trends in Intussusception Hospitalizations Among U.S. Infants, 1993-2004: Implications for Monitoring the Safety of the New Rotavirus Vaccination Program
Trends in Racial Disparities Among the Elderly for Selected Procedures
Triggers and Targeted Injury Detection Systems (TIDS) Expert Panel Meeting: Conference Summary

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Understanding and Enhancing the Value of Hospital Discharge Data
Unintended Consequences of Information Technologies in Health Care—An Interactive Sociotechnical Analysis
Updating Systematic Reviews
User's Guide to Registries Evaluating Patient Outcomes: Summary
Using Patient Safety Indicators to Estimate the Impact of Potential Adverse Events on Outcomes
USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening
Utility of Monitoring Mycophenolic Acid in Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Utility of Prediction Models to Oversample the Long-Term Uninsured, The

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Validity of ICD-9-CM Codes in Identifying Postoperative Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism, The
Visits to Non-Dentist Health Care Providers for Dental Problems
Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes

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Wealth, Income, and the Affordability of Health Insurance
What You Need to Know About Episiotomy
Who Enrolls in Oregon's Premium Assistance Program and How Do They Fare?
Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the U.S. Obesity Epidemic
Will It Work Here? A Decisionmakers Guide to Adopting Innovations
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
Workers Who Decline Employment-Related Health Insurance

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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
Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots
Your Medicine: Play It Safe

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