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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s publications offer practical information to help a variety of health care organizations, providers, and others make care safer in all health care settings.
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All-payer claims databases (APCDs) are large-scale databases that systematically collect professional, facility, pharmacy, laboratory, and dental claims, as well as eligibility and provider files from private and public payers. This literature review and environmental scan maps an approach to creating an inventory of measures of quality, cost, and utilization of care across settings for potential use with an APCD, noting gaps or current barriers to APCD measurement.
Publication Number: 17-0022-2-EF
This research review for consumers discusses treatment options for C. difficile infections, which result from a type of bacteria (or germ) called Clostridium difficile This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC012-A
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1517-EHC037-B
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1517-EHC031-B
This publication presents contributions and findings from AHRQ-funded projectsfrom the Patient Safety and Medical Liability (PSML) Initiative to help States and health systems seek comprehensive solutions that improve patient safety and address the underlying causes of the malpractice problem.
Publication Number: 17-0017-EF
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1517-EHC030-B
This consumer guide is greater than 3 years old. Findings should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC002-B
This consumer guide from the Effective Health Care program is greater than 3 years old. Findings may be used for research purposes, but should not be considered current.
Publication Number: A1417-EHC040-B
AHRQ funded the All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs) project to learn more about how APCDs are used and how their uses can be expanded. This report provides background on APCDs and the APCD project, uses of APCD-based measures, and evaluation of data from a few State APCDs.
Publication Number: 17-0022-1-EF
This guide from the Effective Health Care Program presents treatment options for gout. Researchers looked at 154 research studies on treating gout.
Publication Number: A1617-EHC017-A
