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1. Automated Outreach & Adherence to Cholesterol-Lowering Medication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2018 - SHARE: More topics in this section EvidenceNOW EvidenceNOW Model Practice Facilitation EvidenceNOW Projects Advancing Heart Health About Advancing Heart Health Evidence for Advancing Heart Health Aspirin Use Evidence and Res…

2. B3A Combo Chartsforpresentations (xls file)
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   January 01, 2006 - The confidence interval of the risk-adjusted rate is identified in the SAS output as the lower CL (lower … The confidence interval of the risk-adjusted rate is identified in the SAS output as the lower CL (lower … The confidence interval of the risk adjusted rate is identified in the SAS output as the lower CL (lower … The confidence interval of the risk-adjusted rate is identified in the SAS output as the lower CL (lower … The confidence interval of the risk-adjusted rate is identified in the SAS output as the lower CL (lower

3. State Variation in Birth Rates and Payments Among Women Ages 18-44 With Commercial Insurance (pdf file)
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   October 17, 2023 - ● Montana and Idaho had higher vaginal birth rates and lower cesarean birth rates than the national … • State rate is lower than overall U.S. rate but the difference is not statistically significant … • State rate is significantly lower than overall U.S. rate. … State Variation in Birth Rates 3 The standard errors and 95% confidence intervals (the upper and lower … , Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin) had payments lower

4. Platelet-Rich Plasma for Wound Care: Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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   September 17, 2020 - Lower Extremity Diabetic Ulcers Key points • PRP increased the proportion of completely healed lower … No study specifically described how the type of chronic ulcer (lower extremity diabetic ulcers, lower … Lower extremity diabetic ulcers have been studied the most. … Lower extremity diabetic ulcers contribute to 48 percent of all lower extremity amputations,93 with … Discussion Overview Findings in Relation to What Is Known Lower Extremity Diabetic Ulcers Lower Extremity

5. Learn Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - and Treatment Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Community-Associated Lower … Urinary Tract Infections   Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Associated Lower

6. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2022 - with more positive SOPS scores had: Fewer hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and patient falls. 1 Lower … surgical site infection rates. 2 Hospitals with more positive SOPS scores had: Lower rates of … Higher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Five-Star Quality ratings. 5 Lower

7. Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2016 - When you are choosing a hospital, you should look for the hospital that has a lower number of deaths. … A lower number is shown by a shorter bar on the graph below. … cognitive testing: When you are choosing a hospital, you should look for the hospital that has a lower … A lower number is shown by a shorter bar on the graph below.

8. Aspirin Use Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2021 - Evidence and Resources A substantial body of evidence shows that taking aspirin can help patients lower … Taking an aspirin every day can help these patients lower their risk.

9. Cholesterol Management Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2021 - SHARE: More topics in this section EvidenceNOW EvidenceNOW Model Practice Facilitation EvidenceNOW Projects Advancing Heart Health About Advancing Heart Health Evidence for Advancing Heart Health Aspirin Use Evidence and Res…

10. CAHPS Survey Administration: What We Know and Potential Research Questions (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2017 - Lower cost accounts for much of the appeal of Web surveys; administration can be less expensive than … Accordingly, those with lower Internet access levels are not as well-represented in Web surveys. … This is a lower-cost alternative to traditional live interviewer-administered phone surveys. … Like traditional phone surveys, IVR is more likely to reach people that have lower response rates to … mail surveys, including racial/ethnic minorities and those with lower education levels.

11. Oral, Linguistic, and Culturally Competent Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2019 - individuals of limited English proficiency (LEP) typically experience less adequate access to care, lower … and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care , states that: "Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower

12. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Events Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower … Internet Citation: Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower

13. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Rural Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.

14. Building the Evidence Base for the Medical Home: What Sample and Sample Size Do Studies Need? | PCMH Resource Center
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    October 01, 2011 - Again, even a study with a CV of 1.0 (lower than the smallest CV reported in the literature for costs … for ER visits (the result of a slightly lower CV). … MDEs, because the variation in outcomes for this subgroup is smaller (leading to a lower CV). … are also generally lower. 10 Also, it may be easier for interventions to generate larger effects on … The lower effects for all patients make sense intuitively.

15. AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower Readmissions in Dignity Health Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - Studies Blog Newsletter Events AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower … 2015 Page originally created August 2015 Internet Citation: AHRQ's RED Toolkit Helps Lower

16. NQMC Measure Domain Framework | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - In practical terms, the criterion of quality determines whether a higher or lower score for a measure … evidence must indicate whether the higher of the two results represents better or worse quality than the lower

17. What To Learn About the Audience for a Health Care Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - However, studies indicate that some older audiences have substantially lower literacy skills, which can … Those with lower incomes, for instance, may feel unable to consider factors beyond the costs of coverage

18. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - They also received lower daily doses and lower total doses. … Rural and smaller practices had lower adoption rates than urban and larger practices.

19. Development and Evaluation of Breast Cancer Prevention Communication Prototypes for the CUIDARSE Project (pdf file)
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    December 19, 2014 - likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis of breast cancer than non-Latina White women and have a lower … A lower reduction in the incorrect belief that “golpe (breast trauma) causes cancer” was observed among

20. Biden Administration Tackles Financial Strains on Healthcare Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - address the misaligned incentives across the healthcare ecosystem to improve the quality of care and lower … Although financial strain is most prevalent among lower-income families, every sector of society experiences