-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/rice/index.html
August 01, 2018 - analysis (CEA), cost-benefit analysis, and methods for estimating the value of health care interventions … 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. … include cost-effectiveness studies using cost per life-year as the cost-effectiveness ratio.
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hospital-readmission-costs.html
November 01, 2023 - Visualizations
Data Tools
Data Innovations
All-Payer Claims Databases
Healthcare Cost … Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs … , 2020
Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs, 2020 (PDF, 759 KB)
Source: AHRQ Healthcare … Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #304, Characteristics of 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions … originally created November 2023
Internet Citation: Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/r36.html
November 01, 2023 - Award Budget *
Funds can be requested to cover stipend, $15,000 other direct costs, and associated … indirect costs. … Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs (i.e., overhead, or indirect costs) are limited to 8% of modified … total direct costs. … Research to increase accessibility and affordability of health care by examining innovative market approaches
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/spine-fusions.html
November 01, 2021 - Visualizations
Data Tools
Data Innovations
All-Payer Claims Databases
Healthcare Cost … States Health Information Knowledgebase
Data Sources Available from AHRQ
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
Internet Citation: Costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/building-evidence-base-medical-home-what-sample-and-sample-size-do-studies-need
October 01, 2011 - Costs and service use should be measured among those most likely to incur high health care costs, such … As discussed in the next section, continuous service use and cost measures could also be redefined to … Nonetheless, even though the study population for cost analyses must be limited to high-risk patients … Cost analysis of the Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders care management intervention … Predicting pharmacy costs and other medical costs using diagnoses and drug claims.
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerdesc.html
July 01, 2017 - This study section is aligned with the AHRQ priorities: Increase accessibility and improve health care affordability … , efficiency and cost transparency. … applications concerned with development of measures, data, tools, and strategies for reducing healthcare costs … Issues of health care markets, access, utilization, quality, cost and financing and the provider workforce … findings and products encompass providing information on the scope and impact of medical errors on costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerrev.html
March 01, 2024 - This study section is aligned with the AHRQ priorities: Increase accessibility and improve health care affordability … , efficiency and cost transparency. … applications concerned with development of measures, data, tools, and strategies for reducing healthcare costs … Issues of health care markets, access, utilization, quality, cost and financing and the provider workforce … findings and products encompass providing information on the scope and impact of medical errors on costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/index.html
December 01, 2022 - Visualizations
Data Tools
Data Innovations
All-Payer Claims Databases
Healthcare Cost … Overview of HCUP
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP, pronounced "H-Cup") is a family … These databases enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality … You can get national statistics on use and costs in ready-to-use tables and graphs. … Cost-to-Charge Ratio (CCR) Files.
Hospital Market Structure (HMS) Files.
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.docx
January 01, 2013 - The cost savings is the difference between returns and costs:
Cost Savings = Worksheet 2 Total (returns … Sum the costs across rows to obtain a total cost estimate for each line item. … Sum the costs down the columns to obtain a total cost estimate for each improvement stage. … Calculate net change in costs = A minus B (decrease in cost). … Pharmaceutical Prices
The Red Book by Thomson Reuters provides comprehensive drug product and pricing
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.pdf
January 01, 2013 - The
cost savings is the difference between returns and costs:
Cost Savings = Worksheet 2 Total (returns … Sum the costs across rows to obtain a total cost estimate for each line item.
4. … Sum the costs down the columns to obtain a total cost estimate for each improvement stage.
5. … Calculate net change in costs = A minus B (decrease in cost).
4. … Pharmaceutical Prices
The Red Book by Thomson Reuters provides comprehensive drug product and pricing
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/grant-mgmt/nces.html
November 01, 2020 - Grantee Profiles
Getting Recognition for Your AHRQ-Funded Study
Grants by State
No‐Cost … Extensions (NCEs)
Contracts
No‐Cost Extensions (NCEs)
How do … I request a no‐cost extension for my grant? … AHRQ grant recipients may, and effective October 1, 2020, AHRQ grantee recipients must , use the No-Cost … Accessible from the eRA Commons “Status” screen, the link for the No-Cost Extension feature appears 90
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/ahrq-stats.html
November 01, 2023 - Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Hospital Costs
The cost of hospital stays among patients … (Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #250: Costs of Pediatric Hospital … (Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #250: Costs of Pediatric Hospital … (Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #250: Costs of Pediatric Hospital … substance use disorders cost $15.3 billion in 2016, or 3.6 percent of total U.S. hospital costs.
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheetinstructions.pdf
June 05, 2016 - of costs, see the Return-on-Investment (ROI)
Tool F.1.
4. … consider your own specific costs given variability of costs. … If you decide to calculate your
own costs using internal data, you may wish to consider the following … challenges:
• Costs versus charges: Wherever possible, strive to use actual costs as opposed to charges … Compare the total costs of having an adverse
event (Column G, Total Cost) with the anticipated cost
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/index.html
March 01, 2024 - Visualizations
Data Tools
Data Innovations
All-Payer Claims Databases
Healthcare Cost … With the Largest Shares of 30-Day Readmissions, 2020
Hospital Admission Versus Readmission Costs … Treatment of Mental Disorders
Eye Surgeries at Hospital-Owned Facilities
Frequency and Cost … Costs for Spine Fusions
Frequency of Cesarean Sections
Adult Hospital Readmissions in 2018 … of Emergency Department Visits By Age
Prevalence and Cost of Heart Disease
Declining Hospital
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c2_combo_prioritizationworksheetexample.pdf
June 29, 2016 - cost
to investigate/
implement new
process is less
than annual cost
of event
Anticipated costs … cost
to investigate/
implement new
process is less
than annual cost
of event
Anticipated costs … cost
to investigate/
implement new
process is less
than annual cost
of event
Anticipated costs … cost
to investigate/
implement new
process is less
than annual cost
of event
Anticipated costs … cost
to investigate/
implement new
process is less
than annual cost
of event
Anticipated costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/heart-disease.html
May 01, 2021 - Visualizations
Data Tools
Data Innovations
All-Payer Claims Databases
Healthcare Cost … Information Knowledgebase
Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Prevalence and Cost … of Heart Disease
Prevalence and Cost of Heart Disease (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Source: MEPS … reviewed May 2021
Page originally created January 2021
Internet Citation: Prevalence and Cost
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/innovations/hub/index.html
March 01, 2021 - Pathways Community HUB Manual: A Guide to Identify and Address Risk Factors, Reduce Costs … Download the Manual
Pathways Community HUB Manual: A Guide to Identify and Address Risk Factors, Reduce Costs … Internet Citation: Pathways Community HUB Manual: A Guide to Identify and Address Risk Factors, Reduce Costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/priorities-contacts/contacts/index.html
May 01, 2023 - accessibility
Fred Hellinger
(301) 427-1408
Fred.Hellinger@ahrq.hhs.gov
Improve health care affordability … , efficiency and cost transparency
Brent Sandmeyer
(301) 427-1441
Brent.Sandmeyer@ahrq.hhs.gov … Household Component
Doris Lefkowitz
(301) 427-1477
Doris.Lefkowitz@ahrq.hhs.gov
Healthcare Cost
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/893.html
December 01, 2023 - Now
Events
First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs … Today's Headlines:
First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of … First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in … President Biden’s April 2023 Executive Order calling for policymakers to examine distributional effects in cost-benefit … to decrease reportable pressure injuries by 92 percent and save an estimated $350,000 in avoidable costs
-
pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-launches-pcor-strategy.html
July 01, 2023 - Examples of feedback from the field:
“We would support research on economic outcomes including costs … Issues of cost and affordability must be at the forefront. … Commenters encouraged ongoing transparency of healthcare costs among patients, providers, and payers