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  1. datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/
    January 01, 2023 - Use the tools to inspect states as geographic areas for quality disparities in vulnerable populations … These measures may highlight areas where the state is performing well. … Tip:  Not all States have all Measures for all Subject Areas and Topics. … You can search for data or trends based on particular subject areas, topics, or individual measures. … Tips:  Not all states have all Measures for all Priority Areas and Sections.
  2. digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015052-stuen-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - The activities necessary to carry out the project fell into four major areas: 1. … extremely proficient users and who were assigned as the “go-to” person in each of the intervention areas … Index - the score that reflects patient’s perceived overall level of functioning across all skill areas … as the average of all Self-Assessment Intervention Pre-service Functional Ability Scores in skill areas … Index - the score that reflects patient’s perceived overall level of functioning across all skill areas
  3. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-health-care-disparities-improving-quality-and-safety
    January 27, 2021 - Conversation with Eric Thomas about Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas … Carole Stockmeier about Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas
  4. www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/dWD2487zXk6uwpv2B4-LQM
    January 12, 2016 - Finally, the Task Force identified a number of areas where additional research is needed to better understand … concluded that evidence is insufficient to determine the balance of benefits and harms in two additional areas … The Task Force strongly encourages additional research in these areas and notes that women should speak
  5. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or15.pdf
    June 23, 2011 -  As expected, the NTR9 better represented AI/ANs in CHSDA areas than non-CHSDA counties, rural areas … compared with urban areas, and tribal and IHS service populations where there is an RPMS-reporting
  6. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb147.jsp
    January 01, 2013 - In 2008 and 2009, residents of rural areas were more likely than residents of urban areas to visit the … 140.5 391.3 Rural areas 263.8 539.3 Community-level income Low income (lowest … 35.2 45-64 20.7 48.0 65 and over 100.9 56.3 Patient residence Urban areas … 24.3 50.0 Rural areas 47.5 61.6 Community-level income Low income (lowest … with 1 million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: includes counties of metropolitan areas
  7. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb194-Inpatient-Mortality-High-Volume-Conditions.pdf
    November 01, 2014 - patients with AMI in metropolitan (41 percent), micropolitan (40 percent), and rural (42 percent) areas … as well as patients with pneumonia in micropolitan areas (42 percent). … with 1 million or more residents; fringe counties of metropolitan areas with 1 million or more residents … ; counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000–999,999 residents; and counties in metropolitan areas of … 50,000–249,999 residents • Micropolitan: Nonmetropolitan counties areas of 10,000 or more residents
  8. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb106.jsp
    February 01, 2011 - rates were also highest in the poorest communities (533 versus 312 stays per 100,000) and in rural areas … (563 stays versus 305 stays per 100,000 in large metropolitan areas), where smoking rates tend to be … Hospitalization rates for acute exacerbation were highest in the poorest communities and in rural areas … relative to 19.6 percent among those at or above poverty level) 6 and among adults living in rural areas … Tobacco use and exposure in rural areas: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  9. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb112.jsp
    May 01, 2011 - There were more than 5 times as many ED visits related to eye injuries for patients from rural areas … (646 per 100,000 population) than urban areas (120 per 100,000). … 59.1% 52.9% Patient residence, rate per 100,000 population 1         Urban areas … For patients who lived in rural areas, the rate of ED visits related to eye injuries was 646 per 100,000 … population, 5.4 times higher than in urban areas (large central, large fringe, and medium and small
  10. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb136.jsp
    June 01, 2012 - and 16.0 visits per 100,000 population among people residing in all other areas. … , 22.4 in medium and small metro areas, and 23.6 in micropolitan and noncore areas). … related to assault involving a firearm were more likely to occur in an urban area than in any other areas … the National Center for Health Statistics: Large Central Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … with a population of 1 million or greater Medium and Small Metropolitan: includes areas of 50,000
  11. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb103.jsp
    December 01, 2010 - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of Core-Based Statistical Areas. … OMB classifies counties into metropolitan and micropolitan areas. … areas using the Urban Influence Codes (UIC). … Large urban fringe includes metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million residents. … Non-urban includes areas that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan areas, i.e. counties with no
  12. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb106.pdf
    February 14, 2011 - rates were also highest in the poorest communities (533 versus 312 stays per 100,000) and in rural areas … (563 stays versus 305 stays per 100,000 in large metropolitan areas), where smoking rates tend to … Hospitalization rates for acute exacerbation were highest in the poorest communities and in rural areas … (22.2 percent versus 17.3 percent in suburban and 18.1 percent in urban areas). 7 Figure … Tobacco use and exposure in rural areas: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  13. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb103.pdf
    December 01, 2010 - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of Core-Based Statistical Areas. … OMB classifies counties into metropolitan and micropolitan areas. … For this Statistical Brief, the metropolitan areas were further divided into large and 6 HCUP … – Large urban fringe includes metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million residents. … – Non-urban includes areas that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan areas, i.e. counties with
  14. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-womens-health-care-framework-progress
    January 12, 2011 - Conversation with Eric Thomas about Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas … Carole Stockmeier about Zero Harm: Striving to Reduce Preventable Harms – Point, Counterpoint, and Areas
  15. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb128.jsp
    April 01, 2012 - any type of cardiac stent were spread fairly evenly across income categories and urban/rural metro areas … , although patients living in the highest income areas had fewer stays than the second lowest income … category and patients from rural areas had fewer stays than medium and small metro areas. … million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: Fringe counties of counties of metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents Medium Metropolitan: Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000-999,999
  16. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb130.jsp
    May 01, 2012 - The large majority of ATV injury victims lived in relatively rural areas: 38.5 percent lived in micropolitan … and non-core areas and an additional 34.4 percent lived in medium and small metropolitan areas. … and 227.2 among residents of rural areas, over a 30-fold difference (figure 2). … according to the following: Urban: Large Central Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: includes counties of metropolitan areas
  17. digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/kentucky-ambulatory-network-office-manager-survey.pdf
    January 01, 2000 - � No � Yes If your technology capabilities are NOT adequate, what areas do Does this practice site … (Check all that apply) � Administrative offices � Reception areas � Nursing stations � Doctor work … areas � Labs Other (please specify) ________________ What clinical or administrative databases
  18. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb253-Influenza-Hospitalizations-ED-Visits-2006-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - ■ Rates of influenza-related stays and ED visits were highest for patients from low-income areas … than for those from metropolitan areas. … adjacent to a metro area and from rural, remote areas than for patients from metro areas (490.9 and … those from higher income areas. … (4.3 percent), compared with those from metro areas (3.5 percent) and rural, remote areas (3.6 percent
  19. digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/perednia-da-et-al-1998
    January 01, 1998 - The potential value of teledermatology is especially great in rural and medically underserved areas that … important as an indicator that referral rates to dermatologists may be inappropriately low in rural areas
  20. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb247-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-Women.pdf
    October 01, 2018 - ■ In large metropolitan areas, White and Black women had a similar rate of opioid-related stays … However, in rural areas, Black women had a lower rate of opioid stays compared with White women. … , and women residing in large metropolitan areas. … to 10.1 percent in micropolitan/noncore areas. 7 Figure 3 presents the distribution of … than in rural areas.