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  1. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb221-Super-Utilizer-ED-Visits-Payer-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - super-utilizers aged 65 years and older accounted for 19 percent of all ED visits for urinary tract infections … Superficial injury; contusion 2 14 Abdominal pain 3 1 1 1 21 34 15 24 Urinary tract infections … 5 4 22 7 Other complications of pregnancy 2 22 Other upper respiratory infections … ■ Urinary tract infection was the fourth most common first-listed diagnosis for ED visits among … Urinary tract infection ranked fourth among common first-listed diagnoses of ED visits for Medicare

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

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_8.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - PSI 7 Selected infections due to medical care per 1000 discharges (excluding immunocompromised and cancer … patients and neonates)* * Also excludes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases … sepsis per 1000 elective-surgery discharges of longer than 3 days (excluding patients admitted for infection … PSI 23 Selected infections due to medical care* per 100,000 population (excluding immunocompromised or … cancer patients and neonates) * Includes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases

  3. Return on Investment Tool (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - For example, by reducing its infection rates, a hospital could eliminate the costs it had been incurring … to provide the extra care required to treat infections. … It also could enhance or protect its revenues, if insurers offered incentives for infection control … or imposed penalties for occurrences of infections. … For example, reducing infections will affect costs to insurers from changes in payments made to the

  4. Ad-Br2Otj67Fendhhkltpa (pdf file)

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    ModerateModerateModerateModerate � HighHighHighHigh � (tick one) Premature aging, wrinkling of the skin Respiratory infections … and asthma High blood pressure, diabetes Respiratory infections, allergies and asthma in children … behaviourThe injecting behaviour � If you inject you may damage your skin and veins and get infections … equipment (needles & syringes, spoons, filters, etc.) you are more likely to spread blood borne virus infections

  5. Crosscutting Hi Impact (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/crosscutting_hi_impact.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - 25,26 Project ECHO is currently under study as a way to improve management of patients with HCV infection … other chronic conditions. 25 In a trial comparing the treatment of 407 patients with chronic HCV infection … (who had received no previous treatment for the infection) at the University of New Mexico HCV Clinic … Among patients with HCV genotype 1 infection, the rate of sustained viral response was 45.8% (38 of … Outcomes of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection by primary care providers.

  6. Surgeon Scorecard. | PSNet

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    January 22, 2014 - May 27, 2011 Infection Prevention.

  7. Brigham and Women's airing medical mistakes. | PSNet

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    August 24, 2016 - September 5, 2012 Behind one hospital's fight against deadly infection.

  8. Do no harm: hospital care in Las Vegas. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-no-harm-hospital-care-las-vegas
    October 02, 2013 - December 4, 2016 Infection Prevention.

  9. One group of doctors changes its ways. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/one-group-doctors-changes-its-ways
    February 04, 2015 - May 26, 2021 Universal protection: operationalizing infection prevention guidance in

  10. Trust and Safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trust-missing-pieces-safety-puzzle
    November 09, 2022 - November 13, 2013 Global Guidelines on the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection.

  11. Quality Improvement Study Template - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-k-blank-temp.html
    May 01, 2017 - Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Nurse (PACU) –  -  Physician Assistant –  -  Infection

  12. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/institute-safe-medication-practices
    September 08, 2022 - May 18, 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

  13. Mechanical Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis with Thromboembolism. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mechanical-prosthetic-valve-thrombosis-thromboembolism
    August 21, 2005 - probably necessary to cause a valve thrombosis (with or without systemic thromboembolism), such as an infection

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37636/psn-pdf
    March 26, 2008 - Effect of communication errors during calls to an antimicrobial stewardship program. March 26, 2008 Linkin DR, Fishman NO, Landis R, et al. Effect of communication errors during calls to an antimicrobial stewardship program. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007;28(12):1374-1381. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-…

  15. Improving diagnostic testing and reducing overuse of antibiotics for children with pharyngitis: a useful role for the electronic medical record. | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-guideline-development-and-implementation/citation/improving
    January 01, 2023 - Improving diagnostic testing and reducing overuse of antibiotics for children with pharyngitis: a useful role for the electronic medical record. Citation Benin AL, Vitkauskas G, Thornquist E, et al. Improving diagnostic testing and reducing overuse of antibiotics for children with pharyngitis: a usefu…

  16. Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research: Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1995

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/natstats/his95/appab.htm
    September 01, 1998 - 4748 4749 475 125 Acute bronchitis 4660 4661 46611 46619 126 Other upper respiratory infections … 4788 4789 5191 5192 5193 7841 78440 78441 78449 7847 7848 7849 7861 135 Intestinal infection … 5849 586 158 Chronic renal failure V420 V451 V560 V561 V568 585 159 Urinary tract infections … 65100 65101 65110 65111 65120 65121 65180 65181 65190 65191 197 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33783/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2015 - conversation-withdonald-m-berwick-md-mpp https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0 eliminate central line infections … err-human-building-safer-health-system https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu

  18. HCUP Statistical Brief #126: Circumcisions Performed in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2009 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb126.pdf
    February 01, 2012 - potential health benefits associated with circumcisions, including reductions in infant urinary tract infections … men, circumcision has been linked to decreased acquisition and transmission of sexually transmitted infections … Prevalence of circumcision and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in men in the United States: The … Male circumcision for the prevention of acquisition and transmission of sexually transmitted infections … Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk:

  19. Sb113 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb113.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - conditions occurred at a rate of 100 or more for every 1,000 hospital stays: early or threatened labor, infections … more for every 1,000 hospital stays: 3  early or threatened labor (208 per 1,000 stays)  infections … 266,800 67.5 30.6 Other complications of pregnancy 280,900 593.1 26.7 1,708,600 432.5 27.5 Infections … 27.5 462,800 117.2 27.6 Premature rupture of membranes 6,800 14.4 27.5 152,100 38.5 27.7 Infection … 64321-late vomiting of pregnancy 64622-renal disease not otherwise specified 64661-genitourinary infection

  20. Statistical Brief #13

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb13.jsp
    September 13, 2006 - Hospitalizations for HIV infection ($1.4 billion) were also among the top 20 most expensive conditions … 55 18 Acute and unspecified renal failure $4,716 1.3% 178 19 Urinary tract infections … 1.5% 34 13 Acute cerebrovascular disease (stroke) $1,558 1.4% 35 14 HIV infection … 50 18 Biliary tract disease $1,237 1.1% 54 19 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … 23 10 Congestive heart failure $839 2.3% 34 11 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections
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