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Slide Presentation of the 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)

Slide 12

New in the 2008 NHQR

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  • Chapter 2:
    • Heart disease: Analysis of counseling obese adults about healthy eating.
    • Mental health: New measure on receipt of minimally adequate treatment by adults with mental disorders.
    • Respiratory disease: New measure on daily preventive medicine use for current asthma.
    • Hospice care: New measure on caregivers' perception of referral to hospice at the right time.
  • Chapter 3: Additional patient safety measures.
  • Chapter 6: New measure on rehospitalizations for congestive heart failure.

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