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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/strategy6n-price-transparency.html
March 01, 2020 - alternatives (e.g., maternity care, elective surgeries); and prescription drugs with wide variations in pricing … That cost reflects what the health plan pays plus the patient's share of the cost, whether as a copayment … Providing cost information led to a $220 reduction in costs per test (18.7 percent) and to reduced use … The site provides access to the following:
A summary of State legislation on pricing transparency and … the disclosure of information on health costs.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/explain/share-info/offer-info.html
June 01, 2019 - EXAMPLE: Minnesota Community Measurement Reports Total Cost of Care
Title: Minnesota HealthScores: … /cost-of-services-procedures-ratings
One of the first organizations to report healthcare cost information … to consumers is Minnesota HealthScores, which publishes comparative information on the total cost of … , you can help them understand more about healthcare costs and how to lower their own costs while still … It is important to emphasize that high cost and high quality do not necessarily go hand in hand.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/spinal-fusions.pdf
November 12, 2021 - Infographic - Costs for Spine Fusions
Costs for Spine Fusions
Source: AHRQ, Healthcare Cost
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April 01, 2024 - Infographics
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Healthcare Cost … 2 MB) Chartbook on Effective Treatment ( updated August 2016 ) ( PDF , 4.7 MB) Chartbook on Care Affordability … Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care ( September 2015 ) (PDF, 4.4 MB)
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Care Affordability … : The National Academy for State Health Policy Hospital Cost Tool provides analytical insights into … how much hospitals spend on patient care services and how such costs relate to the hospital charges
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January 01, 2022 - Home
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Frequency and Cost of Operating Room Procedures (PDF, 430.3 … January 2022
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Internet Citation: Frequency and Cost … https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/cost-or-procedures.html
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/apic-cost-calculator.html
April 01, 2022 - Tools
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APIC HAI Cost … Control and Epidemiology (APIC) healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Calculator Tools help define the costs … reviewed April 2022
Page originally created February 2022
Internet Citation: APIC HAI Cost … https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/apic-cost-calculator.html
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/financial-strains-healthcare.html
November 01, 2023 - Americans have long been facing a healthcare affordability crisis. … Some families have high out-of-pocket costs for insurance premiums and medical bills. … The American healthcare affordability crisis affects every sector of society. … Human Services (HHS), the Department of the Treasury, and the CFPB launched an examination of high-cost … misaligned incentives across the healthcare ecosystem to improve the quality of care and lower the costs
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/cost-effectiveness.html
November 01, 2018 - entire quality reporting project based on quantifiable results, it is feasible and useful to compare the costs … One area where comparing costs and results can be very helpful is in marketing and promotion. … What’s the cost for each person who “clicks through” to your Web site? … In 2008, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) assessed the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness … https://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/assess/what-you-evaluate/cost-effectiveness.html
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hospital-readmission-costs.pdf
November 08, 2023 - Readmission Costs, 2020
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/cfact/index.html
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Center for Financing, Access and Cost … Trends (CFACT)
Conducts, supports, and manages studies of the cost and financing of health care … Trends (CFACT), formerly known as the Center for Cost and Financing Studies (CCFS), strives to provide … information and tools they need to improve decisions on health care financing, access, coverage and cost … medical care providers, employers and other sources of insurance coverage; and surveys of the use, cost
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/index.html
February 01, 2018 - feasible approach for using all-payer claims databases to advance the goal of improving health care affordability … , efficiency, and cost transparency. … New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts, using APCD data to launch public Web sites with price and cost … develop an effective and feasible approach for using APCDs to advance the goal of improving health care affordability … , efficiency, and cost transparency.
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/costs-age-visits-ED.pdf
May 21, 2021 - Costs of Emergency Department Visits By Age
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/smoking-cessation-disparities.html
December 01, 2023 - In first-of-its-kind research to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the medical costs of smoking … “Minority communities have not reaped very much in medical cost-savings from the large reduction in smoking … “Our findings will help policymakers conduct cost-benefit analyses that accurately reflect the burden … of healthcare costs and adverse outcomes of cigarette smoking on racial and ethnic communities.” … The article, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Smoking in the United
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/cost-or-procedures.pdf
January 13, 2022 - Infographic - Frequency and Cost of Operating Room Procedures
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Infographic … Source: AHRQ, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #281: Overview of Operating Room … HCUP Data Partners can be found at: https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/partners.jsp
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November 01, 2023 - Infographics
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Healthcare Cost … Data & Analytics
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Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs … Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs … , 2020
Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020 (PDF, 759 KB)
Source: AHRQ Healthcare … originally created November 2023
Internet Citation: Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/cost-survey.html
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Resource: EvidenceNOW: Cost Survey (PDF, 180.2 … collect data from each cooperative regarding personnel, consultant, subcontracting, and other direct costs … reviewed March 2021
Page originally created January 2019
Internet Citation: EvidenceNOW: Cost … https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/cost-survey.html
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ahrqpubs.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/costs-ed-visits.html
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Source: HCUP Statistical Brief #268, Costs of Emergency Department Visits in the United … https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/costs-ed-visits.html
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August 01, 2018 - Promote the availability of standardized inputs to cost-effectiveness and related studies. … Articles include cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses, as well as publications on related topics … Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Registry. … Contains 534 cost-utility analyses published from 1976 through 2001; the Registry will be expanded to … include cost-effectiveness studies using cost per life-year as the cost-effectiveness ratio.
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Home
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Costs … for Spine Fusions
Costs for Spine Fusions (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Source: AHRQ, Healthcare Cost … last reviewed November 2021
Page originally created November 2021
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March 01, 2021 - translate it into a coherent framework for understanding what factors actually drive healthcare use, costs … In addition, the costs of care remain high – both systemically and for individuals and families. … Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and across the Federal and State Governments to address affordability … subsidies, and premium assistance
Prescription drug rebate reform
Paid sick leave
Hospital quality, costs … Joel Cohen is director of AHRQ’s Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends.