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1. Hospital Deaths for Common Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year of COVID-19 (pdf file)
   pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-data-spotlight-heart-failure-hospital.pdf
   July 01, 2023 - 19 Deaths From Heart Disease Increased in 2020 Heart disease is the most common underlying cause of death … and Fetal Death Reporting defines an underlying cause of death as one that initiates the chain of … pathological events leading to death. 2 Figure 1 shows the 10 leading causes of death in the United … Age-adjusted rates of death from heart failure rose continuously between 2016 and 2020. … They may manifest as a variety of arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, or as sudden cardiac death

2. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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   May 20, 2016 - sentinel events reported to the Joint Commission between 2004 and June 2013 resulted in a patient death … o Was the case an expected death?  Yes:  What was the condition on admission? … on admission but expected at the time of death? … associated with drug reaction ∗ Death associated with adverse drug reaction ∗ Death associated with … associated with drug reaction ∗ Death associated with adverse drug event ∗ Death related to medical

3. The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We Still Have Much Work to Do | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2022 - Between 2000 and 2020, the breast cancer death rate decreased by approximately 29 percent. … The fourth-leading cause of death in the United States in 2020, after heart disease, cancer, and COVID

4. Blacks Experiencing Fast-Rising Rates of Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone (pdf file)
   pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
   February 20, 2020 - Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone Although opioid-related overdose death

5. About AHRQ's Work on Opioids and Substance Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2021 - drug overdoses have risen steadily over the past two decades and have become a leading cause of injury death

6. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Executive Summary (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2021 - Findings include: • The leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, and … • Death rates from unintentional injury have been rising, while deaths from heart disease and cancer … For example:  From 2000 to 2018, the HIV death rate decreased from 5.2 to 1.5 deaths per 100,000 …  Suicide death rates rose 23%, going from 14.0 deaths to 17.2 deaths per 100,000 population between … The decrease in suicide deaths occurred in White populations only, while death rates in Black populations

7. Heart Failure Admissions Down but Hospital Deaths Higher in First Year of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2023 - SHARE: More topics in this section Data & Analytics Data Infographics Data Visualizations Data Tools Data Innovations All-Payer Claims Databases Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Medical Expenditure Panel Survey…

8. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (xls file)
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   July 01, 2016 - Trauma-Vaginal Delivery With Instrument   PSI 19 Obstetric Trauma-Vaginal Delivery Without Instrument   Death … PSI 02 Death in Low-Mortality DRGs   PSI 04 Death Among Surgical Inpatients   Sentinel Events (Adults

9. Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care (pdf file)
   pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/advancing-diagnostic-equity.pdf
   November 15, 2022 - panic, and Asian patients experience significantly higher rates of infection, hospitalization, and death … COVID-19 racial disparities in testing, infection, hospitalization, and death: analysis of Epic data … www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue- brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death … www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death-analysis-epic-patient-data … www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death-analysis-epic-patient-data

10. Explain Whether a High or Low Health Care Quality Score Is Better | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2016 - For example, a model report on the AHRQ Quality Indicators shows a bar graph about the death rate for … http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/Downloads/Modules/QI_Reporting/Model_Report_Composite.pdf Death

11. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - The final cost savings and death reductions estimated for 2014 in Exhibit A2 are based on the measured

12. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Creates Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Practice Guidelines Using AHRQ Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2023 - and overdose/poisoning related to substance use disorders) are the leading cause of pregnancy-related death

13. AHRQ Data Highlight Inequities Related to COVID-19 Hospitalizations and How Vaccination Prioritization May Effect Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - In the aggregate across nine states, the average in-hospital death rate related to COVID-19 in April … The average in-hospital death rate varied by the patient’s race/ethnicity and by the state in which the

14. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - David Meyers, M.D., a treasured colleague and friend who served as AHRQ’s deputy director until his death … ethnic health disparities for heart disease persisted, with non-Hispanic Black people having the highest death

15. Data and Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - SHARE: More topics in this section AHRQ COVID-19 Resources Long COVID Practice Improvement Health Systems Research Data and Analytics Research Grant Awards Publications and Resources What's New Data and…

16. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2016 - The final cost savings and death reductions estimated for 2014 in Exhibit A2 are based on the measured

17. National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - SHARE: More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria About the CUSP Method Decolonization – Universal and Targeted Tools National Scorecard on Rates of Hospi…

18. Five hours in the PACU? MetroHealth Uses TeamSTEPPS to Improve Patient Transfer from OR to ICU
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    January 01, 2016 - Lowest HR: 76-85 (1 point) Total: 3 Total APGAR Score: 0-2 75% risk of major complications or death … 3-4 56% risk of major complications or death 5-6 16% risk of major complications or death 7-8 … 6% risk of major complications or death 9-10 4% risk of major complications or death

19. EvidenceNOW Building State Capacity Profile: Alabama Cooperative (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2021 - Alabama ranks 49th in the U.S. for heart disease and stroke as a cause of death. … Alabama has the highest rate of CVD events (death, hospitalizations, ED visits) among all 50 states

20. AHRQ Views Blog: Long COVID Is a Case Study of Our Fractured Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - March 21, 2023 AHRQ Stats: Leading Causes of Death in 2020 Heart disease and cancer accounted for … 168.2 and 144.1 deaths per 100,000 individuals, respectively, in 2020, making them the leading cause of death