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41. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/35th-anniversary/index.html
    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

42. Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/compare/explain.html
    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

43. 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

44. Slide 1
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/2014nhqdr-womenhealth.pptx
    January 01, 2020 - In fact, the number of deaths among women from COPD has increased fourfold over the past three decades … Trends: From 2008 to 2012, suicide deaths among females showed a statistically significant increase. … Females from all ethnic groups had lower rates of suicide deaths than males. … Trends: From 2004 to 2012, cancer deaths overall and among both females and males showed statistically … Females from all ethnic groups had lower rates of cancer deaths than males. 45 Total 2004 2005 2006

45. Healthy Living: Infant Mortality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-hl.html
    September 01, 2015 - Approximately two-thirds of infant deaths occur in the neonatal period or within 1 month and one-third

46. Increasing Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Abuse in Rural Primary Care Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/health-it/opioids.html
    September 01, 2022 - practices in places such as Muskogee County, Oklahoma, where there were more than 10 opioid-related deaths … a multi-layered provider and practice engagement approach to reduce the risk of accidental overdose deaths

47. AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

48. AHRQ Views Blog: Long COVID Is a Case Study of Our Fractured Healthcare System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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.

49. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-side-effects.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - important risk factor for developing multidrug-resistant infections, which contribute to over 35,000 deaths

50. Evidence Now Fact Sheets- Smoking Cessation (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-cessation-pcor.pdf
    November 01, 2016 - Cigarette smoking accounts for one out of every five deaths and is estimated to increase the risk for

51. Hypertension Screening for Children Who Are Overweight or Obese: Table 2 (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0232-table2.pdf
    January 01, 2011 - history for obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (particularly hypertension), and early deaths

52. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection … in the US This article shares findings from a study on factors associated with racial differences in deaths

53. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.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

54. Comparative Reports on Dialysis Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

55. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/884.html
    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/

56. Distribution of Temperatures for Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher Nurseries in the First 24 Hours of Life (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1416-p006-1-ef.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - associated with better chances of survival.1,2 Lower than desirable temperatures are associated with deaths … from studies involving neonates (N=7,553) from the 61 nurseries in New York State showed in- hospital deaths

57. Introduction Instructor Guide – PDF (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/longtermcare/module1/ts2-0ltc_module1_ig_intro.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - 2001 • The IOM report was published in 1999, concluding that medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths … in a commitment to implement changes in care proven to improve patient care and prevent avoidable deaths … country in a commitment to implement changes in care that have been proven to prevent avoidable deaths … decline; – Deliver reliable, evidence-based care for acute myocardial infarction, to prevent deaths … • The IOM report was published in 1999, concluding that medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths

58. Health Care Quality: How Does Your State Compare? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/health-care-quality.html
    September 01, 2018 - (PDF, 234 KB) Top-Performing States: Lowest Rates of Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Women: New

59. AHRQ Papers on Diagnostic Safety Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/dxsafety-issuebriefs.html
    January 01, 2024 - Diagnostic errors occur in all settings of care, contribute to about 10 percent of patient deaths

60. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/execsumm.html
    December 01, 2017 - fatal more often in AI/ANs than in other populations. 8-10 AI/ANs have the highest rate of premature deaths … disease among all races. 9 The AI/AN rate is nearly 2.5 times that for Whites, with 36.0 percent of deaths … 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.