National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- State Snapshots
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Search All Research Studies
AHRQ Research Studies
Sign up: AHRQ Research Studies Email updates
Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Results
1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedHaidari LA, Brown ST, Wedlock P
When are solar refrigerators less costly than on-grid refrigerators: a simulation modeling study.
Gavi the Vaccine Alliance recommends solar refrigerators for vaccine storage in areas with less than eight hours of electricity per day, and World Health Organization guidelines are more conservative. This study investigated whether solar refrigerators provide value where electrical outages are less frequent. It identified the frequency and duration at which electrical outages need to occur for solar refrigerators to provide savings in total cost per dose administered over electric refrigerators at different solar refrigerator prices.
AHRQ-funded; HS023317.
Citation: Haidari LA, Brown ST, Wedlock P .
When are solar refrigerators less costly than on-grid refrigerators: a simulation modeling study.
Vaccine 2017 Apr 19;35(17):2224-28. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.11.103.
.
.
Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Medication, Vaccination
Eaton EF, Kulczycki A, Saag M
Immunization costs and programmatic barriers at an urban HIV clinic.
This study estimated costs of providing Gardasil, Prevnar, and Zostavax to eligible patients at a US Ryan White Part C academically affiliated HIV clinic in 2013. Its cost analysis of 3 vaccines showed great variation in insurance coverage, with potential losses of almost $100 000 for one HIV clinic if eligible patients received vaccinations in one calendar year.
AHRQ-funded; HS013852.
Citation: Eaton EF, Kulczycki A, Saag M .
Immunization costs and programmatic barriers at an urban HIV clinic.
Clin Infect Dis 2015 Dec;61(11):1726-31. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ637.
.
.
Keywords: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Healthcare Costs, Medication, Vaccination