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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-spmh.html
June 01, 2018 - major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment
Worse
No Change
Suicide deaths … Blacks had a lower suicide death rate than Whites but this disparity is narrowing as Black suicide deaths … Suicide Deaths
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population, by race, 2008-2013, and stratified by sex for … Achievable Benchmark:
The 2008 top 5 State achievable benchmark was 9 suicide deaths per 100,000
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/references.html
December 01, 2017 - Disparities in premature deaths from heart disease - 50 states and the District of Columbia, 2001. … Deaths: Preliminary data for 2011. … Deaths: Leading causes for 2009. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics;2012.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2014-ap1.html
November 01, 2015 - National Scorecard HACs for Interim 2014 vs. 2010, and Projected 2014 Cost Savings and Reductions in Deaths … Measured HACs (From 2010 to Interim 2014)
Projected Cost Savings in 2014 c
Projected Reductions in Deaths … Inpatient Mortality per HAC
Projected PfP Cost Savings in 2014 if 2014 Goal Met
Projected Reductions in Deaths … In order to produce consistent estimates of cost savings and deaths averted for 2010 to 2013, the per-HAC … estimates established for the costs and deaths associated with HACs in 2011 have not been modified.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/graber-summit2016.pdf
January 01, 2017 - lab results not
credible
1967 (CLIA) On automated labs:
<1 defect/100,000
Patient Safety 180,000 deaths … Diagnostic Safety 40,000 – 80,000 deaths/yr 2008
(DEM)
??? … these slides if Victor doesn’t cover
them
Diagnostic Error
Error-related
Harm
40,000 – 80,000
deaths … care
visits involves a
preventable dx error;
half are potentially
harmful
US Each Hospital
10 deaths … The petri dish for diagnostic errors
• Inpatients One in ten diagnoses is probably wrong. 36,000
deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi7.html
January 01, 2013 - course of the study, an estimated 131 infections were prevented which translates to an estimated 14-41 deaths … Approximately $906,000 was invested in the national NCLABSI project resulting in infections prevented and deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/index.html
June 01, 2018 - percent did not receive life-saving beta-blocker treatment, leading to as many as 18,000 unnecessary deaths … health care delivery lead to missed or delayed diagnoses, higher costs, and unnecessary injuries and deaths … study of New York State hospitals found 1 in 25 patients were injured by the care they received and deaths … Negligence was blamed for 27.6 percent of the injuries and 51.3 percent of the deaths. … Based on this study, researchers estimated that preventable errors in hospital care led to 180,000 deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap3.html
December 01, 2014 - Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/index.html
July 01, 2025 - that feature its data and Data Tools for exploring data sources in-depth. 2024 In-Hospital Maternal Deaths … Opioid Fills by 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
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsisum.html
January 01, 2013 - course of the study, an estimated 131 infections were prevented which translates to an estimated 14-41 deaths … Approximately $906,000 was invested in the national NCLABSI project resulting in infections prevented and deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt2.html
May 01, 2018 - Documented persistent health disparities that accounted for 60,000 excess deaths each year. … The Heckler Report documented persistent health disparities that accounted for 60,000 excess deaths each … These include cancer; cardiovascular disease and stroke; chemical dependency (measured by deaths due … radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis
Worse
No Change
Breast cancer deaths … Slide 20
Inpatient deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with heart attack, by race/ethnicity
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202302.html
September 01, 2023 - According to recent CDC data , mental health conditions (including deaths from suicide and overdose/ … Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of all maternal deaths can be attributed to mental health causes.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-cancer.html
June 01, 2018 - included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined
Worse
No Change
Colorectal cancer deaths … surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined, and deaths … Cancer Care for Blacks
Measure
Most Recent Disparity
Disparity Change
All cancer deaths … rectal exam for prostate cancer screening within the past year
Same
No Change
Lung cancer deaths … Rates among Blacks and Whites were similar for Pap smears, prostate cancer screening, and lung cancer deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt2.pdf
July 01, 2015 - The Heckler Report documented persistent health disparities
that accounted for 60,000 excess deaths … These include cancer;
cardiovascular disease and stroke; chemical dependency (measured by deaths due … Other Cancer Care for Hispanics
Measure
Most Recent
Disparity Disparity Change
All cancer deaths … per 1,000 hospital admissions with coronary artery
bypass graft, age 40+
Same No Change
Deaths … Inpatient deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with heart attack, by
race/ethnicity, 2001-2012
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/hiv.html
April 01, 2018 - Outcome: HIV infection deaths. … Number of Deaths Due to HIV Infection
Number of deaths due to HIV infection per 100,000 population, … The number of deaths due to HIV reflects the effectiveness of HIV treatment and ART adherence. … Overall Rate: In 2013, the total rate of HIV infection deaths was 2.1 per 100,000 population. … In all years, the rate of HIV infection deaths was higher for males than for females.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/2014nhqdr-hispanichealth-pt2.pptx
July 01, 2015 - Documented persistent health disparities that accounted for 60,000 excess deaths each year. … The Heckler Report documented persistent health disparities that accounted for 60,000 excess deaths each … These include cancer; cardiovascular disease and stroke; chemical dependency (measured by deaths due … per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), age 18+ Same No Change
Deaths … per 1,000 hospital admissions with congestive heart failure (CHF), age 18+ Better No Change
Deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-discuss.html
November 01, 2017 - This means that the sum of deaths from studies that focus on the effects of a single HAC, and do not … Because of this, the sum of deaths for each individual HAC exceeds the sum of deaths from any HAC. … In the extreme, summing across excess deaths from a list of HACs could lead to implied death rates exceeding … Both of these improvements combined with methods to weight likely causes of deaths would generate more
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
June 02, 2025 - hospital-acquired conditions such
as adverse drug events and injuries from falls helped prevent
8,000 deaths
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-issuebrief-maternal-morbidity.pdf
September 01, 2021 - maternal mortality ratio has decreased by 38 percent in the last two decades (2000-2017),
from 342 deaths … to 211 deaths per 100,000 live births,6 the United States is an exception among high-
resource countries … In the United States, maternal mortality has continued to increase, from 7.2 deaths per
100,000 live … births in 1987 to 17.3 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017,5 with about 700 birthing people
dying … every year from pregnancy-related causes.7
One-third of maternal deaths occur during pregnancy, one-third
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/science-safety-slides.html
July 01, 2018 - Over half a million patients develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections resulting in 13,000 deaths … a year. 6
Nearly 100,000 deaths from health care-associated infections (HAIs) each year and the cost … of HAIs is $28 to $33 billion per year. 7
Estimated 30,000 to 62,000 deaths from central line-associated … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/understand/scisafety.pptx
March 01, 2009 - Over half a million patients develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections resulting in 13,000 deaths … infections (HAIs) each year, and the cost of HAIs is $28 to $33 billion per year7
Estimated 30,000 to 62,000 deaths … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002.