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 Date
Topics
- (-) Care Management (4)
- Clinician-Patient Communication (1)
- Decision Making (1)
- Evidence-Based Practice (1)
- Healthcare Utilization (1)
- Health Systems (1)
- (-) Hospital Discharge (4)
- Hospitals (1)
- Inpatient Care (1)
- Kidney Disease and Health (1)
- Learning Health Systems (1)
- Risk (1)
- Teams (1)
- Transitions of Care (1)
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 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedBrajcich BC, Shallcross ML, Johnson JK
Barriers to post-discharge monitoring and patient-clinician communication: a qualitative study.
This study used semi-structured interviews and focus groups to identify barriers to post-discharge monitoring and patient-clinician communication. Participants were gastrointestinal surgery patients and clinicians, with a total of 15 patients and 17 clinicians. Four themes and four barriers were identified from patient and clinician interviews and focus groups. Patient-identified barriers included education and expectation setting, technology access and literacy, availability of resources and support, and misalignment of communication preferences. Clinician-identified barriers included health education, access to clinical team, healthcare practitioner time constraints, and care team experience and consistency.
AHRQ-funded; HS026385.
Citation: Brajcich BC, Shallcross ML, Johnson JK .
Barriers to post-discharge monitoring and patient-clinician communication: a qualitative study.
J Surg Res 2021 Dec;268:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.06.032..
Keywords: Hospital Discharge, Clinician-Patient Communication, Care Management, Transitions of Care
Barreto EF, Schreier DJ, May HP
Incidence of serum creatinine monitoring and outpatient visit follow-up among acute kidney injury survivors after discharge: a population-based cohort study.
This study evaluated the frequency of follow-up after hospital discharge among acute kidney injury (AKI) survivors. This population-based cohort study included adult residents of Olmsted County hospitalized from an episode of stage II or II AK between 2006 and 2014. Follow-up visits at 30-days, 90 days, and 1 year were included. In the 627 included AKI survivors, the cumulative incidence of a follow-up serum creatinine (SCr) level was 80%, a healthcare visit 82%, or both was 70%. At 90 days and 1 year after discharge, cumulative incidents of meeting both follow-up criteria rose to 82 and 91% respectively. Independent predictors of receiving both were not related to demographic or socioeconomic factors but to lower estimated glomerular filtration rate at discharge, higher comorbidity burden, longer length of hospitalization, and greater maximum AKI severity.
AHRQ-funded; HS028060.
Citation: Barreto EF, Schreier DJ, May HP .
Incidence of serum creatinine monitoring and outpatient visit follow-up among acute kidney injury survivors after discharge: a population-based cohort study.
Am J Nephrol 2021;52(10-11):817-26. doi: 10.1159/000519375..
Keywords: Kidney Disease and Health, Hospital Discharge, Care Management, Healthcare Utilization
Siddique SM, Tipton K, Leas B
Interventions to reduce hospital length of stay in high-risk populations: a systematic review.
Many strategies to reduce hospital length of stay (LOS) have been implemented, but few studies have evaluated hospital-led interventions focused on high-risk populations. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Learning Health System panel commissioned this study to further evaluate system-level interventions for LOS reduction. The objective of this study was to identify and synthesize evidence regarding potential systems-level strategies to reduce LOS for patients at high risk for prolonged LOS.
AHRQ-funded; 75Q80120D00002.
Citation: Siddique SM, Tipton K, Leas B .
Interventions to reduce hospital length of stay in high-risk populations: a systematic review.
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Sep;4(9):e2125846. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25846..
Keywords: Learning Health Systems, Health Systems, Evidence-Based Practice, Hospital Discharge, Risk, Inpatient Care, Care Management
Manges KA, Wallace AS, Groves PS
Ready to go home? Assessment of shared mental models of the patient and discharging team regarding readiness for hospital discharge.
A critical task of the inpatient interprofessional team is readying patients for discharge. Assessment of shared mental model (SMM) convergence can determine how much team members agree about patient discharge readiness and how their mental models align with the patient's self-assessment. The objective of this study was to determine the convergence of interprofessional team SMMs of hospital discharge readiness and identify factors associated with these assessments.
AHRQ-funded; HS026116.
Citation: Manges KA, Wallace AS, Groves PS .
Ready to go home? Assessment of shared mental models of the patient and discharging team regarding readiness for hospital discharge.
J Hosp Med 2021 Jun;16(6):326-32. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3464..
Keywords: Hospital Discharge, Teams, Care Management, Decision Making, Hospitals