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41. Strategy 6N: Price Transparency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.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.

42. Care Affordability Trends and Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/measures.html
    June 01, 2018 - Chartbook on Care Affordability Care Affordability Trends and Measures Previous Page Next … Page Table of Contents Chartbook on Care Affordability Acknowledgments Care Affordability … Care Affordability Trends and Measures Measures of Access Problems Due to Health Care Costs Measures … Measures of Care Affordability include: Access problems due to health care costs . … One approach to containing the growth of health care costs and thus making health care more affordable

43. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - ("Costs and Cost Analysis"[mh] OR "Cost of Illness"[mh] OR "Economics"[mh] OR "Health Care Costs"[mh] … OR "Direct Service Costs"[mh] OR "Hospital Costs"[mh] OR "Health Expenditures"[mh] OR cost[tiab] OR … [tiab] OR "due to"[tiab] OR "caused by"[tiab]) AND (hospital*[tiab] OR inpatient[tiab] OR "Hospital Costs … Surgical site infection: incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs. … The costs of nosocomial infections. Med Care . 2008 Jan 1;46(1):101-4.

44. Sepsis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    burden on the hospital system, such as national trends in sepsis-related hospital use, deaths, and costs … Additional AHRQ resources on sepsis include four Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project statistical … For more information on Sepsis, visit Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and Patient Safety Net … to Congress: An Assessment of Sepsis in the United States and Its Burden on Hospital Care Healthcare Cost

45. Reviewing the Landscape of All-Payer Claims Databases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Also, utilization and cost measures in the absence of quality measures could be misleading and thereby … measures. … health care costs. … measures. … Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health .

46. Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report (pdf file)
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    July 31, 2015 - Gross-Costing Methods Gross-costing methods can be used to conduct retrospective cost analyses of … Cost Analysis Methods Exhibit 1 provides a summary of the methods used to estimate the costs of primary … A cost analysis was conducted in primary care practices that varied in terms of NCQA recognition. … The study team also collected data on practice characteristics to be used in aggregate cost analyses … was then coded and aggregated to enable cost comparisons across time, presented in 2012 dollars.

47. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Price Transparency (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6n.pdf
    October 01, 2017 - 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 5 Whaley C, Schneider Chafen … The site provides access to the following: • A summary of State legislation on pricing transparency … and the disclosure of information on health costs

48. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - PubMed Search Criteria Common Search Criteria for Cost Common Search Criteria for Cost ("Costs … and Cost Analysis"[mh] OR "Cost of Illness"[mh] OR "Economics"[mh] OR "Health Care Costs"[mh] OR "Direct … Service Costs"[mh] OR "Hospital Costs"[mh] OR "Health Expenditures"[mh] OR cost[tiab] OR costs[tiab] … Surgical site infection: incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs. … The costs of nosocomial infections. Med Care . 2008 Jan 1;46(1):101-4.

49. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2017 - As health care costs continue to rise, more stakeholders are calling for such measures to be used as … part of value assessments, to understand how high health care expenditures, high out-of-pocket costs, … Comprehensive datasets that support the development of quality and cost measures across large populations … All-payer claims databases (APCDs) incorporate utilization and cost across the health care system and … APCDs can be used to understand local market functioning and assess whether spending variations reflect pricing

50. A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/guide.html
    October 01, 2015 - Items Classified by Estimating Costs Grantees as Direct and Indirect Cost Elements Appendix A. … Gross-Costing Methods Gross-costing methods can be used to conduct retrospective cost analyses of a … Step 2: Assess unit costs for each cost element. … Step 4: Add total costs for each item to produce a total cost. … When possible, it is helpful to include the costs of technical assistance in cost estimations.

51. Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation Grants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/funding/grants/cost/index.html
    February 01, 2017 - Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation Grants The Nation’s health care system is … A small number of studies have found that the economic costs of transforming primary care practices to … of Supporting Primary Care Practice Transformation (Estimating Costs) grants to estimate the costs of … These grants examined the costs of primary care transformation for a wide range of primary care settings … A Practical Guide for Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation

52. Offer Information on How Healthcare Costs and Quality Relate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.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.

53. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/data/apcd/envscan/references.html
    November 01, 2020 - Public reporting of cost measures in health: an environmental scan of current practices and assessment … Counting change: measuring health care prices, costs, and spending. … the Grants to States to Support Health Insurance Rate Review and Increase Transparency in Health Care Pricing … New Hampshire acute care hospital comparison: a commercial insurance relative cost comparison. … Cost-of-care measurement development.

54. Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Rate Section Summary The project carried out a systematic review of the cost of CLABSI. … Cost per CLABSI of studies meeting inclusion criteria * Author Cases † Study Mean Cost … in Year CPI-U Weight CPI-U Adjusted Cost CPI IP Weight CPI I Adjusted Cost Al-Rawajfah … To estimate the excess costs averted, the mean cost per CLABSI (using CPI inpatient hospital service … a range of costs.

55. Measure Inventory for Use with All-Payer Claims Databases (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Consumers could use the quality and cost measures to assist in choosing providers or health plans. … Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health.8 To better prioritize measures for the inventory, we … measures, patient-specific costs such as patient out-of-pocket prices, allowable charge (payment made … Public reporting of cost measures in health. … https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/public-reporting-cost-measures/research-protocol.

56. Exhibit 3. Items Classified by Estimating Costs Grantees as Direct and Indirect Cost Elements | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research-transform-primary-care/transform/cost/exh3.html
    October 01, 2015 - Items Classified by Estimating Costs Grantees as Direct and Indirect Cost Elements Previous … Items Classified by Estimating Costs Grantees as Direct and Indirect Cost Elements Appendix A. … Key Characteristics of Estimating Costs Grants Appendix B. … Methodological References Cited by Grantees Direct Cost Elements Direct or Indirect … Cost Elements Indirect Cost Elements Staff time/salaries and benefits: New FTEs

57. Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical Devices (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - analysis. … Input Variables Variable Definition Bathing costs Incremental cost of chlorhexidine bathing per patient … the added costs of chlorhexidine over regular soap. … The cost savings from prevented MRSA and VRE clinical cultures are not estimated here since the costs … Inpatient costs, mortality and 30-day re-admission in patients with central-line-associated bloodstream

58. EvidenceNOW: Cost Survey, National Evaluator | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/results/research/cost-survey.html
    January 01, 2019 - Instruments and Analysis Research Administration National Evaluation Tools for Change EvidenceNOW: Cost … Survey, National Evaluator Resource: EvidenceNOW: Cost Survey (PDF, 180.2 KB, 3 pages) This form was … collect data from each cooperative regarding personnel, consultant, subcontracting, and other direct costs … Page last reviewed January 2019 Page originally created January 2019 Internet Citation: EvidenceNOW: Cost … https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/results/research/cost-survey.html   Back to Top

59. First-of-its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - First-of-its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in … the United States Press Release Date: December 8, 2023 Findings inform distributional cost-benefit … In first-of-its-kind research to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the medical costs of 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.”

60. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2017 - health care costs. … measures. … measures for physicians 74 measures Public Reports   APCD public reports 7 public … Public Reporting of Cost Measures in Health . 2 In this report, a variety of measure sources for use … measure to allow a value assessment Framework for the cost measure (episodes of care vs. separate