Fact Sheets

AHRQ's factsheets about Aging

• Advance Care Planning, Preferences for Care at the End of Life
• Managing Osteoarthritis: Helping the Elderly Maintain Function and Mobility
• Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease
• Routine Preoperative Testing Before Cataract Surgery
• Assisted Living Disclosure Collaborative (ALDC)
• Health Services Research on Aging: Building on Biomedical and Clinical Research

AHRQ's fact sheets about children's health

• New Starts, 2007
• Articles and Publications, 2010
• Children's Health Insurance Program
• Resource Guide to AHRQ Child and Youth Health and Health Care Services Data
• Articles and Publications, 2009
• Articles and Publications, 2008
• Articles and Publications, 2007
• Articles and Publications, 2006
• Articles and Publications, 2005
• New Starts, 2011
• Chronic Care for Low-Income Children with Asthma
• Vitamin D Supplementation To Prevent Rickets in Breast-Fed Babies
• Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthma
• New Starts, 1999
• New Starts, 1998
• New Starts, 1997
• New Starts, 1996
• New Starts, 2008
• New Starts, 2006
• New Starts, 2005
• New Starts, 2004
• New Starts, 2003
• New Starts, 2002
• New Starts, 2001
• New Starts, 2000
• Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
• Children and Asthma
• Highlights of AHRQ Children's Health Care Quality Findings
• AHRQ Research on Caring for Children With Asthma
• Child Health Services Research Speaker Series

AHRQ's fact sheets about computers and medical informatics

• Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program
• Medical Informatics for Better and Safer Health Care

AHRQ's fact sheets about coronary artery disease

• Partnership for Health: Cardiovascular Diseases
• Treatment to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death
• Improving Care for People With Coronary Artery Disease

AHRQ's fact sheets about diabetes

• Improving Care for Diabetes Patients Through Intensive Therapy and a Team Approach
• Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
• AHRQ Research on Diabetes Care
• Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies

AHRQ's fact sheets about guidelines

• Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety

AHRQ's fact sheets about health care costs

• Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
• Improving Access and Quality
• HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study
• The High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures
• Health Care Costs
• AHRQ Research to Reduce Cost and Improve the Quality of Health Care
• Focus on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis at AHRQ
• Learning From What Has Been
• Health Care Costs

AHRQ's fact sheets about health information technology

• AHRQ Health Information Technology Programs-Update 2005-06
• Health Information Technology: Overview
• Health IT to Advance Excellence in Health Care
• State and Regional Demonstration Project

AHRQ's fact sheets about health literacy and cultural competency

• Health Literacy
• Setting the Agenda for Research on Cultural Competence in Health Care

AHRQ fact sheets about health services research

• Hospital Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care
• AHRQ's Health Services Research Dissertation Grant Program, FY 2009
• Nursing Home Residents with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
• Private-Sector Use of AHRQ Research
• Helping the Nation With Health Services Research

AHRQ fact sheets about hypertension

• Hypertension Care Strategies

AHRQ's fact sheets about managed care

• AHRQ Tools for Managed Care
• Managed Care Features and Chronic Conditions

AHRQ's fact sheets about Medicare and Medicaid

• The Role of AHCPR Research
• Medicare Uses of AHRQ Research
• Medicaid Uses of AHRQ Research
• Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Medicaid Care Management

AHRQ fact sheets about medical errors and patient safety

• Improving Health Care Quality
• Reducing and Preventing Adverse Drug Events To Decrease Hospital Costs
• AHRQ Web M&M
• Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety
• Patient Safety Challenge Grants
• 30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care
• Patient Safety Research Highlights
• Problems and Prevention: Chest Tube Insertion
• AHRQ's 2009 Funded Projects to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections
• Ending Health Care-Associated Infections
• AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2010
• AHRQ's Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
• AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011
• Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research

AHRQ's fact sheets about mental health

• Compendium of Research Related to Mental Health
• Programs and Tools to Improve the Quality of Mental Health Services
• Improving Quality of Care for People With Depression
• Mental Health: Research Findings

AHRQ's fact sheets about minority health

• AHRQ-Funded Research on Health Care for Asian Americans/Pacific Islands
• Health Care for Minority Women
• Excellence Centers to Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities (EXCEED)
• AHRQ Resources for Research
• Grant Awards Relevant to Racial and Ethnic Minority Children, Fiscal Year 2002
• New Projects and Activities in Minority Health, Fiscal Year 2002
• Minority Health: Recent Findings
• AHRQ Activities to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
• AHRQ Research and Other Activities Relevant to American Indians and Alaska Natives
• New Projects and Activities in Minority Health, Fiscal Year 1999
• Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

AHRQ's fact sheets about outcomes research

• Outcomes Research

AHRQ's fact sheets about patient-centered care

• Expanding Patient-Centered Care To Empower Patients and Assist Providers

AHRQ's fact sheets about pharmaceutical research

• Reducing Costs and Improving Outcomes

AHRQ's fact sheets about pneumonia

• Improving Treatment Decisions for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

AHRQ's fact sheets about primary care.

• Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks
• Primary Care: Where Research and Practice Meet
• Research Agenda for Primary Care
• AHRQ Activities Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Care Disparities
• Improving Health Care Quality for Children and Adolescents
• Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce
• The Number of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Practicing Primary Care in the United States
• The Number of Practicing Primary Care Physicians in the United States
• Primary Care Workforce Facts and Stats
• IMPaCT (Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation)
• Transforming Primary Care Practice: Award Recipients

AHRQ's fact sheets about quality

• AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals
• Researching Implementation and Change While Improving Quality
• Research on Obesity and Overweight
• Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC)
• A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies

AHRQ's fact sheets about translating research into practice

• Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks (ACTION)
• Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)-II
• Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks II (ACTION II)
• AHRQ's Knowledge Transfer/Implementation Program
• ACTION Project Awards, Fiscal Year 2006
• ACTION II Project Awards, Fiscal Year 2011
• ACTION Project Awards, Fiscal Year 2010
• ACTION Project Awards, Fiscal Year 2009
• ACTION Project Awards, Fiscal Year 2008
• Template Preview ACTION Project Awards, Fiscal Year 2007
• ACTION II Awards, Fiscal Year 2012

AHRQ's fact sheets about women's health

• Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women
• Cardiovascular Disease and Other Chronic Conditions in Women
• AHCPR-Sponsored Research on Women's Health
• Women's Health Highlights: Recent Findings

AHRQ's fact sheets about AHRQ tools

• Automated Telephone Reminders: A Tool to Help Refill Medicines On Time
• AHRQ Tools and Resources for Better Health Care
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS)
• State Snapshots
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• Databases and Related Tools from HCUP

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