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41. Appendix B: Patient age, health status, and IHS total treatment costs by diabetes stage. Fiscal year 2010 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - For Stages 1-6 , each stage excludes persons in a higher numbered stage. For example, Stage 3. … were a greater percentage of older adults (i.e., aged 45-64 years and aged 65 years and older) in the higher … b Excludes persons in a higher numbered stage. … Patients with more high-cost acute and chronic conditions have higher risk than those who do not have … c Excludes persons in a higher numbered stage.

42. Chapter 2: Evidence of Disparities Among Ethnicity Groups (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2018 - For that, the Caribbean-born group rate was significantly higher than that of any other group ( Fang … The authors note that insurance expansions based solely on income may not resolve the higher rates of … The likelihood of VLBW and MLBW infants was even higher for non-U.S. … In California, NHOPI and Filipino adults have higher rates of obesity and being overweight (70 and 46 … Arab groups (16.7 percent) is somewhat higher than the national rate (12.5 percent) ( Brittingham and

43. 2. Evidence of Disparities among Ethnicity Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2018 - For example, having read in published research that certain ethnic groups are at higher risk for cancer … The English-speaking subgroups had a higher rate of ED visits and hospitalizations, and foreign-born … Looking at all Hispanic groups in combination, those with higher English proficiency were significantly … -born Mexican families had a higher adjusted OR for lifetime asthma diagnosis of 1.05 (95 percent CI … At the same time the rate for Mexican American women increased to 205.5, now making their risk higher

44. Comparability of Results for the 2.0 and 3.0 Versions of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2015 - Clinician & Group Survey Database indicate that the access and communication composite measures have higher … 2.0 version of CG-CAHPS:1 • The access composite had a top box score that was 5 percentage points higher … • The communication composite had a top box score that was 3 percentage points higher. … Page 3 of 4 Results The top box scores for both the access and communication measures were higher … are generally considered acceptable. 3 Site reliability scores of 0.70 or higher are generally considered

45. CAHPS 101 (pdf file)
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    February 25, 2019 - In-office distribution • Telephone • In-person interviews 22 Data Collection Approaches Yielding Higher … Drawing a Sample Data Collection Approaches We Have Tested Data Collection Approaches Yielding Higher

46. Chapter 5. Project Findings for Goal 1 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - The average health risk of the FY2010 AI/AN project population was 1.3, or 30 percent higher than the … The average health risk of AI/ANs with diabetes was 4.6, or more than four times higher than that of … For three project sites, the health risk among those with diabetes was 6 or higher. … The percentage among adults with diabetes or CVD was higher, with 30.8 percent of admissions classified … As expected, persons with diabetes or CVD had higher use of prescribed medications than those without

47. Key Findings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - These findings are based on comparisons of activities at five higher performing sites and three lower … We observed differences between the higher performing sites and the three lower performing sites in the … Overall, we found that the sites with higher performing CLABSI outcomes not only focused on training … hospitals) and as contributors to an organizational-level goal in four of the hospitals we studied (two higher … The key success factors were widely evident in the sites identified as higher performing based on CLABSI

48. Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Care Coordination | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - With Disparities: In 2013, in all income groups, rates of potentially avoidable hospitalizations were higher … Disparities: The percentage of patients very willing to exchange appointment reminders electronically was higher … The percentage of patients very willing to exchange medication reminders electronically was higher for … exchange lifestyle behaviors (e.g., physical activity, food intake, sleep patterns) electronically was higher … percentage of patients very willing to exchange symptoms (e.g., nausea, pain, dizziness) electronically was higher

49. AHRQ Research and Other Activities Relevant to American Indians and Alaska Natives (pdf file)
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    September 29, 2017 - Alaska Natives American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people continue to have disproportionately higher … rates of illness and higher mortality rates when compared with other Americans. … AI/ANs die at higher rates than other Americans from tuberculosis (500 percent higher), alcoholism (550 … percent higher), diabetes (200 percent higher), unintentional injuries (150 percent higher), homicide … (100 percent higher), and suicide (70 percent higher).

50. High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2015 - We classified these hospitals as higher performers and designated as lower performers the hospitals … These findings are based on comparisons of activities at five higher performing sites and three lower … We observed differences between the higher performing sites and the three lower performing sites in … Overall, we found that the sites with higher performing CLABSI outcomes not only focused on training … The success factors emphasized by the higher performing sites included (1) a belief that a rate of

51. Final Progress Report: Clinical Prediction of Hepatotoxicity & Comparative Hepatic Safety of Medications (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Rates were higher with voriconazole (181.9 [112.6-278.0]) and posaconazole (191.1 [23.1-690.4]) but … Rates of acute liver injury were higher for hepatitis-coinfected patients. … The risk of acute liver injury was higher with voriconazole than fluconazole, but results were based … Patients with viral hepatitis coinfection had higher rates of acute liver injury events with modern … Patients with elevated liver enzymes are not at higher risk for statin hepatotoxicity.

52. Final progress Report: Anticholinergics and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly with Depression (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Higher cumulative anticholinergic burden was defined as a score of 3 or more; consequently, patients … For specific aim 3b (mortality), the primary exposure was defined as a prescription of higher-level … Use of level-3 medications was also higher in cases than in controls (10.89% vs 10.18%; p<.0001). … medications was associated with a moderately higher risk of dementia (OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.22-1.29) … Additionally, when only MDS files were used to capture dementia, the study found a higher estimate for

53. Thermal Condition of Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher Nurseries in the First 24 Hours of Life (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2018 - Thermal Condition of Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher Nurseries in the First 24 … Hours of Life 1 Thermal Condition of Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher Nurseries … Measure Name Thermal Condition of Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted to Level 2 or Higher Nurseries in … ) have a similar or higher risk of deterioration due to cold stress. … These data capture 84.1 percent of LBW admissions to Level 2 or higher nurseries in a year.

54. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cardiovascular Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - The generally higher prevalence of obesity, noninsulin-dependent diabetes, hypertension, high low-density … Blacks had higher rates of admission than Whites for angina and congestive heart failure and these disparities … Groups With Disparities: In all years, compared with Whites, Blacks had higher rates of admission … In 10 of 12 years, the rates of admission for congestive heart failure were higher among Hispanics compared … In 2013, poor (851.1 per 100,000) and low-income (707.0 per 100,000) Black adults had higher rates of

55. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cardiovascular Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2018 - lowest SES and level of acculturation have significantly worse CVD risk factor profiles than those in higher … Hispanics had higher rates of admission than Whites for hypertension and for angina and these disparities … In all years, compared with White patients, rates of admission for congestive heart failure were higher … From 2002 to 2007, rates of admission for congestive heart failure were higher among Hispanic patients … Until 2011, the percentage of patients who received timely fibrinolytic medication was significantly higher

56. Understanding CAHPS® Surveys: A Primer for New Users - Slides 32-38 (pdf file)
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    January 31, 2018 - • Patient portal • SMS • In-person interviews 35 www.ahrq.gov/cahps Modes That Currently Yield Higher … Administration of CAHPS Surveys Sampling Data Collection Modes We Have Tested Modes That Currently Yield Higher

57. 4. Assessment of the Intervention (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Further, our ORs for practices with better data for detecting colonoscopies are somewhat higher than … These effectiveness ORs presented in Table 4.8 would likely have been even higher if we had been able … Our intervention group screened at a rate 81 percent higher than controls (8.5 percent compared to 4.7 … The intervention group means are all considerably higher than the control group means for each modality … On average, intervention group rates are significantly higher than control group rates.  

58. Rural/Inner-City Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Rural residents experience a higher prevalence of substance abuse, smoking, obesity, and chronic conditions … Rural residents also have a higher proportion of injury-related deaths, including drug overdoses, vehicular … sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs), HIV, and drug-resistant tuberculosis, as well as higher

59. Standardized infection ratios for central line-associated bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, 2009–2012
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    January 01, 2014 - Among Hispanics, the rate of neonatal stays was higher in border counties than in non-border counties … Among non-Hispanics, those in border counties had higher rates of mental health and substance-related … Among Hispanics, those in border counties had higher rates of stays related to chronic kidney disease … Among Hispanics, those in border counties had higher rates of COPD than those in non-border counties. … Among Hispanics, those in border counties had higher rates of complications associated with diabetes

60. Methods and Outcomes of Care Management Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - The health plan targeted those with higher mean risk scores than did the physician organizations (4.3 … Higher patient engagement in CM delivered by the physician organizations than in plan-based programs: … Patient engagement rates were higher for provider-delivered CM than for the health plan's DM program … physician organization, practices offering CM services in person during the patient visit had much higher … to be more inclusive than the plan in targeting patients: Provider-delivered CM programs targeted a higher