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Management of Acute Otitis Media: Update
Management of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: Clinician Guide
Management of Chronic Hepatitis B
Management Strategies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis
Management Strategies for Renal Artery Stenosis: 2007 Update
Managing Pain from a Broken Hip: A Guide for Adults and Their Caregivers
Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Elective Induction of Labor
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
Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: A National Information Resource to Support Healthcare Cost Research and Inform Policy and Practice, The
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Medications to Reduce Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women
Medications to Reduce the Risk of Primary Breast Cancer in Women: Clinician Guide
Medicines for Type 2 Diabetes: A Review of the Research for Adults
Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age
Men: Stay Healthy at 50+
Mental Health and Family Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Burdens
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
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Hospitalizations Among the American Indian and Alaska Native Population
Mistake-Proofing the Design of Health Care Processes
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

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National Agenda for Research in Collaborative Care: Papers from the Collaborative Care Research Network Research Development Conference, A
National Estimates of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure Burdens Among Nonelderly Adults with Cancer: 2001 to 2008
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
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Brochure
Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
New Estimates of the Demand for Physical and Mental Health Treatment
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
Noninvasive Tests for Breast Abnormalities
Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Repairs
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria-Associated Lung Disease in Hospitalized Persons, United States, 1998-2005
Not About Us Without Us
Nursing Home Compare Measure of Urinary/Fecal Incontinence: Cross-Sectional Variation, Stability Over Time, and the Impact of Case Mix, The
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture

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Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics
Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs: A Summary for Clinicians and Policymakers
On-Time Quality Improvement for Long-Term Care
Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: An Update
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
Overweight in Adolescents: Implications for Health Expenditures

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Pain Management Interventions for Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture: Clinician Guide
Pain Management Interventions for Hip Fracture
Parental Marital Disruption, Family Type, and Transfers to Disabled Elderly Parents
Partial Truths in the Pursuit of Patient Safety
Partially Identifying Treatment Effects with an Application to Covering the Uninsured
Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer: A Summary for Policymakers
Particle Beam Radiation Therapies for Cancer
Patient Engagement in Health Care
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
Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation
Patient-Centered Care Categorization of U.S. Health Care Expenditures
Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research: Essential for High-Quality Care
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
Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Payer Perspectives on Pharmacogenomics Testing and Drug Development
Paying Physicians by Capitation: Is the Past Now Prologue?
Payment Reform
Pediatric Quality Indicators
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease
Pharmacists Emerge as Key Stakeholders in Quality, Patient Safety Efforts
Physician Leadership for High-Quality Care
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
Poor People, Poor Places and Access to Health Care in the United States
Population Mobility, Globalization, and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations—United States, 2004-2007
Precision Science and Patient-Centered Care
Premixed Insulin Analogues: Clinician Guide
Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults
Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Long-Term-Care Facilities: A Pilot Study Implementing Standardized Nurse Aid Documentation and Feedback Reports
Preventing Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Decline
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
Primary Care: Too Important to Fail
Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion
Profile of Inpatient Operating Room Procedures in U.S. Hospitals in 2007
Promise and Future of Comparative Effectiveness Research, The
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
Public Role in Promoting Child Health Information Technology
Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes

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Quality in the OR: The New AHRQ Reports
Quick-Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
Quitting Helps You Heal Faster, Hospital Card
Quitting Smoking—You Can Do It

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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
Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Guide for Adults
Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Clinician Guide
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer
Recent Improvements in Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (rhGH) in the Treatment of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults
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
Reducing Health Care Hazards: Lessons from the Commercial Aviation Safety Team
Reducing the Risk of Breast Cancer with Medicine: A Guide for Women
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
Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide, Second Edition
Relationship Between Living Arrangement and Preventive Care Use Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons, The
Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments: A Guide for Consumers
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
Roundtable on Expanding Capacity for Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States

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Safety of Probiotics to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease
Science of Safety Improvement: Learning While Doing, The
Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Screening of Infants for Hyperbilirubinemia to Prevent Chronic Bilirubin Encephalopathy
Second-Generation Antidepressants in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Adult Depression
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives
Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use
Sensitivity of Household Reported Medical Conditions in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Stage 2 Pressure Ulcer Healing in Nursing Homes
State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) Brochure
State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) Brochure
State Inpatient Databases (SID) Brochure
State Regulatory Enforcement and Nursing Home Termination from the Medicare and Medicaid Programs
State Snapshots
State Variations in the Out-of-Pocket Spending Burden for Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners
Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered Medical Home; Decisionmaker Brief
Stress of the Care Environment, The
Supplementing Iron and Zinc: Double Blind, Randomized Evaluation of Separate or Combined Delivery
Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears: Policymaker Summary

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Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital
Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Benefits: A Review of State Reporting Requirements
TeamSTEPPS Guide to Action
TeamSTEPPS Instructor Guide
TeamSTEPPS Multimedia Resource Kit
TeamSTEPPS Pocket Guide
TeamSTEPPS Poster
TeamSTEPPS Rapid Response System Module CD
Telehealth: Decisionmaker Brief
Ten Years After To Err Is Human
Testing the Association Between Patient Safety Indicators and Hospital Structural Characteristics in VA and Nonfederal Hospitals
Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of the Research for Parents and Caregivers
Therapies for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
Thinking About Having Your Labor Induced? A Guide for Pregnant Women
Three Treatments for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Evidence Shows Lack of Benefit: Clinician Guide
Tools to Alleviate Safety Concerns
Toward Optimal Health: Maternal Benefits of Breastfeeding
Towards a Safer Healthcare System
Transformation of Health Care at the Front Line
Transforming Children's Health Care Quality and Outcomes—A Not-So-Random Non-Linear Walk Across the Translational Continuum
Transforming Healthcare: A Safety Imperative
Transforming Hospitals: Designing for Safety and Quality
Traumatic Brain Injury and Depression
Treating Cholesterol with Combination Therapy: Clinician Guide
Treating High Cholesterol: A Guide for Adults
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer
Treatment of Common Hip Fractures
Treatment of Overactive Bladder in Women
Treatment Options for Rotator Cuff Tears: A Guide for Adults
Treatments for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: Clinician Guide
Treatments to Prevent Fractures in Men and Women with Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis
Triggers and Targeted Injury Detection Systems (TIDS) Expert Panel Meeting: Conference Summary

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Understanding Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A Guide for Adults and Their Caregivers
Unhealthy and Uninsured: Exploring Racial Differences in Health and Health Insurance Coverage Using a Life Table Approach
Updated U.S. Population Standard for the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12)
Use of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone for Pediatric Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: Clinician Guide
Using Information on Clinical Conditions to Predict High-Cost Patients
Using the Evidence: PCMH and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening
Utility of Prediction Models to Oversample the Long-Term Uninsured, The
Utilization and Clinical Data on In-Hospital Off-Label Uses of Recombinant Factor VIIa: Clinician Guide

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VA Pharmacy Users: How They Differ from Other Veterans
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: New Insights
Validating Household Reports of Health Care Use in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Value-Based Insurance Design in Medicare
Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes

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Wealth, Income, and the Affordability of Health Insurance
Welcome to the Effective Health Care Program
What Has Been Learned About Expanding Children's Health Insurance? Highlights from CHIRI
What Have We Learned from the Application of Stochastic Frontier Analysis to U.S. Hospitals?
What You Need to Know About Episiotomy
Will It Work Here? A Decisionmakers Guide to Adopting Innovations
Within-Year Concentration of Medical Care: Implications for Family Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Burdens, The
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

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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: Be Smart. Be Safe.
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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