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  1. Estimating deaths due to medical error: the ongoing controversy and why it matters. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/estimating-deaths-due-medical-error-ongoing-controversy-and-why-it-matters
    December 30, 2014 - This perspective questions the accuracy of this estimate. … The authors note that this estimate was generated by simply combining medical error rates from prior … The authors argue that an inaccurately high estimate for medical error–related mortality draws attention

  2. Continuous-Outcomes-Quantitative-Synthesis Methods (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/continuous-outcomes-quantitative-synthesis_methods.pdf
    March 01, 2011 - If reported, use an ANCOVA estimate —it is an unbiased and more efficient estimator. … or whichever estimate can be calculated from the reported data. … Otherwise, the combined estimate may be biased. … The investigators should first use an ANCOVA estimate. … The investigators may choose to use the same estimate across studies in one meta-analysis.

  3. Appendix B. Decisionmaking and Readiness for Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apb.html
    September 01, 2013 - Census data and data from the clinical microbiology laboratory are needed for this estimate. … Comprehensive Estimate: The infection measure used in the REDUCE Trial was the number of ICU patients … Simplified Estimate : If the comprehensive estimate is too difficult to obtain, a simplified estimate … It may be of value to estimate the benefit to reducing MRSA burden in the ICU. … Number of annual ICU admissions as an estimate of the number of mupirocin courses to be given. 

  4. NHQDR Methodology Report – NHQDR Data Tools

    datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/methodology-report/
    November 01, 2023 - If the national estimate is 22.0, then it would be considered close to the benchmark—its value is 20% … estimate for the topic. … The national overall estimate is the estimate from micro data. … If it is not available, the all-state average is calculated as the national overall estimate. … The state rate on an NHQDR measure is better than the national overall estimate, and that difference

  5. Trial of Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Outcomes - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/trial-decision-support-improve-diabetes-outcomes/annual-summary/2008
    January 01, 2008 - Specific Aims Estimate the incremental effects of DM² on patient quality measures, including changes … related to patient-centered standards (ADA-5) and physician-centered standards (ADA-3). ( Achieved ) Estimate … and adherence-related measures, census-derived contextual measures, and site of care. ( Achieved ) Estimate … (Medicare, Commercial, Medicaid, Uninsured). ( Achieved, subject to limitations of the dataset ) Estimate … health services utilization overall and in categories divided according to desirability. ( Achieved ) Estimate

  6. 2003 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Comparison Report

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/2003niscomparisonrpt.jsp
    May 01, 2016 - NHDS discharge estimates tended to over-estimate discharges from small hospitals (1-99 beds) and under-estimate … beds (smaller NIS estimate) Proprietary hospitals with 300-399 beds (smaller NIS estimate). … The NIS estimate was shorter than the NHDS estimate for both "Other complications of birth, puerperium … Overall, there were nine conditions where the NIS estimate was higher than the NHDS estimate, and four … In each case, the NIS estimate was significantly higher than the NHDS estimate: Other procedures

  7. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_9.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - NHDS discharge estimates tended to over- estimate discharges from small hospitals (1-99 beds) and under-estimate … -299 beds (smaller NIS estimate) • Proprietary hospitals with 300-399 beds (smaller NIS estimate). … The NIS estimate was shorter than the NHDS estimate for both “Other complications of birth, puerperium … Overall, there were nine conditions where the NIS estimate was higher than the NHDS estimate, and four … In each case, the NIS estimate was significantly higher than the NHDS estimate: • Other procedures

  8. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
    July 01, 2020 - of Total Change in HAC- Related Costs Estimate of Total Change in HAC-Related Deaths Adverse … the methods AHRQ developed to estimate the national rate of HACs for 2014 to 2017. … To estimate the rate of adverse events for each of the 21 HACs for all patients for which the MPSMS … ) 80,157 5,999,045 (estimate) 79,916 5,999,970 (estimate) … (95% CI) 2010 AHRQ Estimate Current (New) Study Estimate (95% CI) 2010 AHRQ Estimate ADE

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45595/psn-pdf
    April 19, 2017 - This perspective questions the accuracy of this estimate. … The authors note that this estimate was generated by simply combining medical error rates from prior … The authors argue that an inaccurately high estimate for medical error–related mortality draws attention

  10. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017.html
    November 01, 2017 - Results References Appendixes In 2016, AHRQ awarded a contract to develop methods and estimate … at the University of Chicago (NORC) in partnership with Emory University, on behalf of AHRQ, is to estimate … For this review, we used 69 studies in 20 individual meta-analyses to estimate the additional cost and … /Reference Hospital charges Cost = charge * 0.5 Cost-to-charge ratio of 0.5 28 Mean estimate … )/6 Hozo et al. (2005) 30 SE for HAC and non-HAC group separately SE of attributable cost estimate

  11. Appendix B. Decisionmaking and Readiness for Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-apb.html
    September 01, 2013 - Census data and data from the clinical microbiology laboratory are needed for this estimate. … Comprehensive Estimate: The infection measure used in the REDUCE Trial was the number of ICU patients … Simplified Estimate : If the comprehensive estimate is too difficult to obtain, a simplified estimate … It may be of value to estimate the benefit to reducing MRSA burden in the ICU. … Number of annual ICU admissions as an estimate of the number of mupirocin courses to be given. 

  12. HCUP_methods_series_cover.ai (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2005_03_del_379.pdf
    January 01, 2005 - Overall, there were five conditions where the NIS estimate was higher than the NHDS estimate, and six … In each case, the NIS estimate was significantly higher than the NHDS estimate: HCUP 2002 NIS … estimate was six percent higher … estimate was six percent higher … for the NIS estimate.)

  13. C:\unzipped\Methods Series Reports to Convert\Comparison_Report_NIS4 1995.wpd (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/Comparison_Report_NIS41995Final.pdf
    December 21, 1998 - is higher than the NHDS estimate for 12 of the 15 strata. … The NIS estimate is significantly higher than the NHDS estimate for investor-owned hospitals with 100 … The NIS estimate for other race is higher than the NHDS estimate by 158 percent. … The NIS estimate is significantly smaller, by 16 and 24 percent respectively, than the NHDS estimate … discharges (i.e., the estimate of total discharges).

  14. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
    November 01, 2017 - For example, we estimate for CLABSI that there are 0.15 excess deaths for each case. … Of note, CLABSI has the highest estimate for both additional cost and excess mortality. … More details on each of the studies included in each estimate are provided in Appendix D. … range for the true estimate (with 95% confidence) includes no additional costs related to ADE. … CI) 2010 AHRQ Estimate* Current Study Estimate (95% CI) 2010 AHRQ Estimate ADE $5,746 (-$3,950

  15. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hac-cost-report2017.pdf
    November 01, 2017 - For example, we estimate for CLABSI that there are 0.15 excess deaths for each case. … Of note, CLABSI has the highest estimate for both additional cost and excess mortality. … More details on each of the studies included in each estimate are provided in Appendix D. … range for the true estimate (with 95% confidence) includes no additional costs related to ADE. … CI) 2010 AHRQ Estimate* Current Study Estimate (95% CI) 2010 AHRQ Estimate ADE $5,746 (-$3,950

  16. Estimating the Costs of Primary Care Transformation: A Practical Guide and Synthesis Report (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/estimating-costs-primary-care-transformation.pdf
    July 31, 2015 - • This method can be used to estimate costs either prospectively or retrospectively. … These tools provide a detailed breakdown of cost elements and may be helpful to estimate the costs of … A full description of how the ABC method can be used to estimate the costs of primary care practice … A micro-costing (or ABC) approach creates a cost estimate based on a detailed analysis of resources … The PCMH Cost Dimensions Tool was used to estimate costs.

  17. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
    November 19, 2015 - We estimate that nearly 87,000 fewer patients died in the hospital as a result of the reduction in … As a result of the reduction in the rate of HACs, we estimate that approximately 790,000 fewer incidents … As indicated in the results section in the Final 2013 report,4 the estimate of deaths averted is less … As is the case for the estimate of deaths averted, there is less precision regarding the cost savings … (which corresponds to the previously referenced 2010 Office of Inspector General estimate) is shown

  18. Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014finalhacreport-cx.pdf
    December 01, 2016 - We estimate that nearly 87,000 fewer patients died in the hospital as a result of the reduction in … As a result of the reduction in the rate of HACs, we estimate that approximately 798,000 fewer incidents … As indicated in the results section in the Final 2013 report,4 the estimate of deaths averted is less … As is the case for the estimate of deaths averted, there is less precision regarding the cost savings … (which corresponds to the previously referenced 2010 Office of Inspector General estimate) is shown

  19. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
    November 19, 2015 - We estimate that nearly 87,000 fewer patients died in the hospital as a result of the reduction in … As a result of the reduction in the rate of HACs, we estimate that approximately 790,000 fewer incidents … As indicated in the results section in the Final 2013 report,4 the estimate of deaths averted is less … As is the case for the estimate of deaths averted, there is less precision regarding the cost savings … (which corresponds to the previously referenced 2010 Office of Inspector General estimate) is shown

  20. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
    December 01, 2016 - We estimate that nearly 87,000 fewer patients died in the hospital as a result of the reduction in … As a result of the reduction in the rate of HACs, we estimate that approximately 798,000 fewer incidents … As indicated in the results section in the Final 2013 report,4 the estimate of deaths averted is less … As is the case for the estimate of deaths averted, there is less precision regarding the cost savings … (which corresponds to the previously referenced 2010 Office of Inspector General estimate) is shown
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