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21. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4n_combo_iqi-mortalityreview-bestpractices.pdf
    May 20, 2016 - • Starting in 2014, a number of mortality rates that are relevant to the IQIs will be used for Medicare … Mortality Rate] o Acute Ischemic Stroke 30-Day Mortality Rate [similar to IQI 17 Acute Stroke Mortality … Rate • IQI 12 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Mortality Rate • IQI 13 Craniotomy Mortality Rate … Rate • IQI 18 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Mortality Rate • IQI 19 Hip Fracture Mortality Rate • IQI … ) Mortality Rate IQI 16 Heart Failure Mortality Rate IQI 17 Acute Stroke Mortality Rate IQI 19 Hip

22. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - forms are listed below, along with a rationale for why best practices were not developed: • PSI 02 Death … Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs): This PSI contains roughly 119 DRGs that are … considered low mortality. … • PSI 04 Death Rate Among Surgical Inpatients With Serious Treatable Conditions: This PSI calculates … • NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate: This PDI relates to the death rate for a number of ICD- 9 codes.

23. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cardiovascular Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part2-cvd.html
    May 01, 2018 - To date, national epidemiologic data on CVD mortality in Hispanics are limited. … Groups With Disparities: Hispanics and Whites had similar death rates when hospitalized for: … Hispanics had lower death rates than Whites when hospitalized for congestive heart failure and there … Trends: From 2001 to 2012, the risk-adjusted inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart … Groups With Disparities: In 2012, Black patients had lower inpatient mortality rates for hospital admissions

24. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Infant Mortality and Maternity Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-infmat.html
    June 01, 2018 - rate. … Heckler Infant Mortality and Maternity Care Findings The neonatal mortality rate for Blacks in 1981 … The postneonatal mortality rate for Blacks was 6.6, almost twice the 3.4 rate for Whites. … Infant Mortality Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all birth weights, by race, 2003-2012, and … Importance: Blacks have 2.2 times the infant mortality rate of Whites ( Mathews, et al., 2015 ).

25. IQI, PSI, AND PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ WINDOWS QI SOFTWARE (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - Rate 0 0 - 0.05005828 IQI9 IQI #9 Pancreatic Resection Mortality Rate 1 2 0.5 0.03403043 IQI11 IQI … Bypass Graft (CABG) Mortality Rate 0 0 - 0.02580359 IQI13 IQI #13 Craniotomy Mortality Rate 3 54 0.05555556 … Infarction (AMI) Mortality Rate 6 52 0.11538462 0.06068963 IQI16 IQI #16 Heart Failure Mortality Rate … Fracture Mortality Rate 0 32 0 0.02780279 IQI20 IQI #20 Pneumonia Mortality Rate 7 175 0.04 0.04021573 … 0.007641 PSI #3 Pressure Ulcer Rate 0 47 0 0.000832 0 0.000405 0 0.000379 PSI #4 Death Rate among

26. Blacks Experiencing Fast-Rising Rates of Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
    February 20, 2020 - Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone Although opioid-related overdose death … rates are higher for Whites and rates vary by gender within racial groups, Blacks are experiencing … ◆ Despite non-Hispanic Whites having the highest mortality rate due to synthetic opioids other than … ◆ From 2013 to 2017, non-Hispanic Blacks had an 18-fold increase in mortality due to synthetic opioids … 2013 to 2017, Hispanics had a 12.3-fold increase and non-Hispanic Whites had a 9.2-fold increase in mortality

27. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013.html
    January 01, 2018 - mortality and costs. … As shown in Exhibit 1 we estimate that pressure ulcers are associated with an excess mortality rate of … Zhan and Miller estimated that excess mortality due to pressure ulcers was 72 deaths per 1,000 pressure … Mortality for patients with pressure ulcer was compared to mortality among a matched set of patients, … For example, pressure ulcers had a high baseline prevalence, and excess mortality attributed to pressure

28. The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We Still Have Much Work to Do | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html
    November 01, 2022 - Mortality from HIV/AIDS, for example, has declined steadily since early 2000. … Between 2000 and 2020, the breast cancer death rate decreased by approximately 29 percent. … As highlighted below, mortality rates for this condition continue to rise. … rate of industrialized countries, and the 2022 NHQDR shows that this rate is increasing. … The overall maternal mortality rate in 2020 was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 20.1 deaths

29. Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report—Care for Cardiovascular Diseases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-cvd.html
    June 01, 2018 - Groups With Disparities: The death rates for Blacks were better compared with Whites when hospitalized … The death rates for Blacks and Whites were similar for hospital admissions with coronary artery bypass … Trends: From 2001 to 2013, the risk-adjusted inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart … Groups With Disparities: In 9 of 12 years, Black patients had lower inpatient mortality rates than Whites … Achievable Benchmark: The 2008 top 4 State achievable benchmark for inpatient heart attack mortality

30. Efforts To Improve Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhacrate2013.html
    November 01, 2015 - mortality and costs. … As shown in Exhibit 1 we estimate that pressure ulcers are associated with an excess mortality rate of … Zhan and Miller estimated that excess mortality due to pressure ulcers was 72 deaths per 1,000 pressure … Mortality for patients with pressure ulcer was compared to mortality among a matched set of patients, … For example, pressure ulcers had a high baseline prevalence, and excess mortality attributed to pressure

31. AHRQ Issues Report to Congress on Burden of Sepsis in U.S. Hospital Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/sepsis-report-to-congress.html
    September 01, 2024 - pandemic led to a noticeable rise in sepsis-related hospitalizations, hospital costs, and in-hospital mortality … to conduct a comprehensive set of studies that calculate the morbidity, hospital readmissions, and mortality … to Congress highlights health disparities and geographic variation in sepsis caseloads, in-hospital mortality … rates, and total hospital costs, which are all opportunities for targeted initiatives to improve patient … State variation in hospital utilization for sepsis and associated costs, and in-hospital mortality rate

32. New Data Files Provide Comprehensive View of U.S. Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/925.html
    August 01, 2024 - August 13, 2024 AHRQ Stats: Sepsis-Related Mortality Before and During COVID-19 Between 2016 and 2019 … , the in-hospital mortality rate for sepsis was declining (14.4 to 11.9 percent of sepsis hospitalizations … With the emergence of COVID-19, the 2021 in-hospital mortality rate for sepsis increased to rates above … Sepsis alert systems, mortality, and adherence in emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis … in PSNet's current issue , including recent cases and commentaries and AHRQ’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality

33. Cardiovascular Disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/cvd.html
    June 01, 2018 - Trends: From 2000 to 2013, the risk-adjusted inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart … Groups With Disparities: In all years, uninsured patients had higher inpatient mortality rates for hospital … Trends: From 2000 to 2013, the risk-adjusted inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart … Trends: From 2001 to 2013, the risk-adjusted inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart … Groups With Disparities: In 10 of 13 years, Black patients had lower inpatient mortality rates for hospital

34. Medical Failure-to-Rescue Final Report (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/silber-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - N Alive and Complex N Died, Complex N Died, Not Complex Medically Compli- cated Rate Death … rates. … OSHPD Correlations between Risk-adjusted 30-day Mortality Rate, Risk Adjusted Complicated Rate, and Risk-adjusted … rate for AMI, CHF and Pneumonia using OSHPD Development Sample Condition N Complication Rate Death … rates among patients with an acute myocardial infarction.

35. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-6.html
    September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After … A descriptive model of preventability in maternal morbidity and mortality. … Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System. … https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternal-mortality/pregnancy-mortality-surveillance-system.htm … Importance of research in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality rates.

36. From Quality Measures to Quality Care: Examples of Quality Improvement at Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/challenges.html
    June 01, 2018 - Mortality rates decreased from 10.9 percent to 6.5 percent in less than 1 year. … As a result of these efforts, between 1989 and 1992, the risk-adjusted mortality rate for bypass patients … By 1993, the cardiac surgery mortality rate had declined by 52 percent ( Longo, et al., 1997 ; Hannan … rates among coronary bypass patients. … Reducing Low-Birthweight Births Though infant mortality rates in the United States have declined, the

37. Final Progress Report: Benchmarking Patient Safety and Quality in U.S. Hospitals: The Stochastic Frontier Approach (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/unruh-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - mortality rate SFA Gap in pneumonia mortality Gap between actual and best possible score on pneumonia … 30- day mortality rate SFA Gaps in 30-day readmis- sions Gap in heart failure readmission Gap … Thirty-day mortalities due to heart failure and pneumonia and mortality for selected medical conditions … Hospitals that discharge patients sooner may have lower in-patient mortality rates but higher readmission … rates among patients with heart failure.

38. Vol 4: Effects of Eicosapentanoic Acid & Docosahexanoic Acid on Mortality Across Diverse Settings: Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials & Prospective Cohorts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/nutritn4tp.html
    April 01, 2018 - Vol 4: Effects of Eicosapentanoic Acid & Docosahexanoic Acid on Mortality Across Diverse Settings: Systematic … of eicosopentanoic acid (EPA) and docosexaenoic acid (DHA) intakes with cardiovascular or all-cause mortality … Results: In RCTs, the summary relative risks for all-cause mortality (17 trials, 51,264 patients) and … cardiovascular mortality (14 trials, 48,500 patients) were 0.95 (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.89, … There is no evidence that the effect of EPA and DHA on mortality phenotypes differs across populations

39. Final Progress Report: Pneumonia Mortality Risk Index to Support Discussions of Care Options with Elders (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/naughton-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Logistical regression identified predictors of mortality. … The mortality rate equaled 14.3%. … Mortality data were available on all 1237 patients, and the overall mortality rate was 14.3%. … the highest-risk category of the CRB-65 have a 30-day mortality risk of 31%. … Development of a Mortality Index for Elders Admitted to the ICU with Pneumonia.

40. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (xls file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c1_combo_prioritizationworksheet.xlsx
    June 02, 2025 - IQI 16 Heart Failure Mortality IQI 17 Acute Stroke Mortality IQI 18 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage … Mortality IQI 19 Hip Fracture Mortality   IQI 20 Pneumonia Mortality AHRQ Inpatient Mortality for …   IQI 09 Pancreatic Resection Mortality IQI 11 AAA Repair Mortality IQI 12 CABG Mortality IQI … Rate NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate Pediatric PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration … Rate PDI 07 RACHS-1 Pediatric Heart Surgery Volume PDI 08 Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate