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  1. Statistical Brief #104: Medicaid Hospitalizations, 2008 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb104.pdf
    January 04, 2011 - stay, mean $6,900 a $8,400 a $7,300 Length of stay, mean (in days) 4.3 a,b 3.8 a 3.8 b In-hospital deaths

  2. A Model of Care Delivery to Reduce Falls in a Major Cancer Center (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Kline_32.pdf
    March 03, 2008 - falls are the most frequently reported adverse event in hospitals and the leading cause of injury deaths

  3. Statistical Brief #147

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb147.jsp
    January 01, 2013 - Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza—United States, 1976-2007.

  4. Strategies for Improving Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Tupper_73.pdf
    March 20, 2008 - rural hospitals means that they do not experience a sufficient volume of events (e.g., unexpected deaths

  5. Using Six Sigma® Methodology to Improve Handoff Communication in High-Risk Patients (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Mistry_114.pdf
    May 05, 2008 - Human: Building a Safer Health System, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimated that up to 98,000 deaths

  6. Automated Notification for Follow-Up Testing Recommendations Across Care Settings - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs022586-lacson-final-report-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - The abstract is as follows: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths

  7. Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infection Readmission Measure (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-131-fullreport.pdf
    April 05, 2017 - Influenza-associated deaths among children in the United States, 2003-2004. … Hospital Compare - readmissions, complications and deaths.

  8. Using Health IT: Eight Quality Improvement Stories (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/EightSuccessStories_092810.pdf
    September 01, 2010 - Service Responders Use Health IT to Improve Cardiac Care Heart attacks cause one out of every six deaths … Arora, PI reduce both deaths and costs because hepatitis C is curable in 45 to 81 percent of patients

  9. Disposition of comments for CER 169 Low Back Pain (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
    February 29, 2016 - For example CDC states: In 2010 nearly 60 percent of the drug overdose deaths (22,134) involved pharmaceutical … as oxycodone hydrocodone and methadone were involved in about 3 of every 4 pharmaceutical overdose deaths … 16651 confirming the predominant role opioid analgesics play in drug overdose deaths. 6I understand … that the CDCs posting of opioid deaths in 2010 an observational study does not have the same academic

  10. Renal-Cancer Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/renal-cancer_executive.pdf
    February 01, 2016 - tumors.1,3 Kidney cancer affects approximately 65,000 new patients each year, with more than 13,000 deaths … The deaths due to renal cell carcinoma are driven by the failure of systemic treatments in metastatic … Given the increased incidence in early, low-stage tumors without improvement in cancer-related deaths

  11. Rapid Response_Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-outcomes-chronic-kidney-rapid-research.pdf
    November 01, 2024 - Rapid Response_Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Rapid Response Review Rapid Evidence Product Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Chronic Kidney Disease: A Rapid Response Review Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of…

  12. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pregnancy_hi_impact.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High Impact Interventions Report Priority Area 12: Pregnancy including Preterm Birth Potential High Impact Interventions Report Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Depa…

  13. Recommendation: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing
    August 20, 2019 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Final Recommendation Statement BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing August 20, 2019 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are indep…

  14. Screening Women and Elderly Adults for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Evidence (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/SvB6EjoVaaQxQr4vpCRtWp
    March 01, 2004 - Screening Women and Elderly Adults for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Evidence As many as 1 to 4 million women are physically, sexually, or emotionally abused by their intimate partners each year in the U.S.,1,2 with 31% of all women reporting lifetime abuse.3 Prevalence rates of abuse in clini…

  15. Rapid Evidence Product_Assisted Home Dialysis in the United States: New Interest in an Old Idea (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/home-dialysis-ESKD-rapid-research.pdf
    April 01, 2025 - Rapid Evidence Product_Assisted Home Dialysis in the United States: New Interest in an Old Idea Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville MD 20857 Contract No. 75Q80122C00002 Prepared by: Scientific Resource Center Portland, OR …

  16. Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update - Evidence Summary (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/noninvasive-nonpharm-pain-summary.pdf
    April 01, 2020 - Noninvasive Nonpharmacological Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review Update - Evidence Summary Purpose of Review To assess noninvasive nonpharmacological treat- ments for common chronic pain conditions. Key Messages • Interventions that improved function and/or pain for ≥1 month: – Low back pain: Exer…

  17. ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/adhd-update_research-protocol.pdf
    August 18, 2016 - ADHD-Update-protocol-160818 Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: August 18, 2016 Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol Project Title: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Initial publication date if applicable: Nov 25, 2015 Amendment Date(s) if applicabl…

  18. Biomarkers for Assessing and Managing Iron Deficiency Anemia in Late-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/chronic-kidney-disease-anemia_research.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - o A total of 5 deaths reported. … Studies did not attribute these deaths to either testing or any treatment. … Insufficient • Only 1 RCT explicitly monitored the adverse events: o There were a total of three deaths

  19. PCA3 Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer: Future Research Needs (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-antigen-3-gene_research.pdf
    April 01, 2013 - Cancer of the prostate is the second most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths … Background Cancer of the prostate is the second most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths … Context Cancer of the prostate is the second most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths

  20. National Healthcare Quality And Disparities Report Patient Safety Chartbook (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/2017qdr-patsafchartbook.pdf
    October 01, 2018 - calendar year at least 1 of 11 prescription medications that should be avoided in older adults • Deaths … Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure per 1,000 medical and surgical admissions, adults • Deaths … Changes in Disparities One measure has subpopulations showing narrowing disparities over time: • Deaths … White: Deaths per 1,000 elective-surgery admissions having developed specified complications of care
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