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21. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/871.html
    July 01, 2023 - Hospital Deaths for Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year … Hospital Deaths for Heart Conditions Increased While Hospitalizations Decreased During the First Year … AHRQ shows that hospital admissions for heart failure decreased by 15 percent from 2019 to 2020, while deaths

22. Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/846.html
    January 01, 2023 - January 17, 2023 AHRQ Stats: Overdose Deaths Involving Opioids From 2018 to 2020, the overall rate … of drug overdose deaths involving opioids increased from 14.6 per 100,000 population to 21.4. … Since deaths from MIS-C increase with the number of organ systems affected, researchers concluded that

23. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4n_combo_iqi-mortalityreview-bestpractices.pdf
    May 20, 2016 - attention of the health care community and the public on the estimation that between 48,000 and 98,000 deaths … • Understanding of system processes is necessary to take proactive steps to reduce preventable deaths

24. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-final-es-cs061721.pdf
    December 01, 2020 - Ethnic Disparities Disparities for Blacks Largest Disparities New HIV Cases Resources HIV Infection Deaths … for Hispanics Largest Disparities New HIV Cases Resource Influenza Vaccination HIV Infection Deaths … Conditions Care Coordination: Hospital Admissions for Pneumonia Effective Treatment: HIV Infection Deaths … Measure: Wellness Visits Healthy Living Measure: Cholesterol Check Patient Safety Measure: Unexpected Deaths

25. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2016 - The mortality reduction is equivalent to three lung cancer deaths prevented per 1,000 people screened … An overall reduction in mortality was also observed (about five in 1,000 fewer total deaths for individuals

26. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - across all HACs ranged from $600 to $48,000 per case, while excess mortality estimates ranged from 5 deaths … per 1,000 cases to 150 deaths per 1,000 cases.

27. Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - risks for mothers and newborns in the United States, which has the highest rate of maternal and newborn deaths … Halamek design and test innovative solutions in an effort to lower the rates of maternal and infant deaths

28. Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/hac-rates_2019.html
    July 01, 2020 - hospital-acquired conditions such as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped prevent 20,700 deaths

29. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - prevention practice checklists and better communication to prevent an estimated 131 infections and up to 41 deaths … AHRQ releases the report, Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths … The report shows an estimated 50,000 fewer patient deaths in hospitals and a savings of approximately … conditions, such as adverse drug events and injuries from falls, helped prevent an estimated 8,000 deaths

30. Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2016 - When you are choosing a hospital, you should look for the hospital that has a lower number of deaths. … testing: When you are choosing a hospital, you should look for the hospital that has a lower number of deaths

31. Data Infographics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Race Expenditures for COVID-19 Care in 2020 Heart Failure Admissions Down but Hospital Deaths … Hospital Inpatient Stays for Opioid Use Disorders and Endocarditis Dramatic Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths

32. AHRQ's Role in Nursing Home COVID-19 Response (pdf file)
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/ahrq-network-factsheet.pdf
    February 01, 2022 - AHRQ’s Role in Nursing Home COVID-19 Response BACKGROUND Nearly 20 percent of the known COVID-19 deaths

33. AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/865.html
    May 01, 2023 - technology advances and a growing awareness of the importance of maternal health, pregnancy-related deaths … have increased in theUnited States, from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 20.1 per 100,000

34. AHRQ Views Blog: Long COVID Is a Case Study of Our Fractured Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/856.html
    March 01, 2023 - AHRQ Stats: Leading Causes of Death in 2020 Heart disease and cancer accounted for 168.2 and 144.1 deaths … COVID-19 was the third most common cause at 85.0 deaths per 100,000 people.

35. 2014-Women-Chartbook (pdf file)
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/2014-women-chartbook.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - In fact, the number of deaths among Admissions with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma … Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), age 18 and over, by sex … ■ Females from all ethnic groups had lower rates of suicide deaths than males. … and 589,430 cancer deaths in the United States (ACS, 2015). … ■ Females from all ethnic groups had lower rates of cancer deaths than males.

36. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
    June 05, 2016 - Rate Among Surgical Inpatients With Serious Treatable Conditions: This PSI calculates postoperative deaths

37. Comparative Reports on Dialysis Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    patientregistry.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/dialysis-facilities.html
    October 01, 2022 - based on eight measures of quality, with detailed quality scores about the facility’s hospitalizations, deaths

38. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - healthcare-associated infections in U.S. nursing homes cause 150,000 hospital admissions and 350,000 deaths … According to recent CDC data , mental health conditions (including deaths from suicide and overdose/

39. Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - (PDF, 234 KB) Top-Performing States: Lowest Rates of Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Women: New

40. AHRQ Papers on Diagnostic Safety Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Diagnostic errors occur in all settings of care, contribute to about 10 percent of patient deaths