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161. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2008 - are a type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality

162. Limit Technical Information and Caveats in Quality Data Displays | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - For example, a report on a measure of hip fracture mortality in the hospital may say: “It is very rare

163. Improving Health Equity through Research and Action: Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - of births, including Black and Native American births, communities with the highest morbidity and mortality … rates in the United States.

164. Evidence Now Fact Sheets- Smoking Cessation (pdf file)
     www.monahrq.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/smoking-cessation-pcor.pdf
     November 01, 2016 - Evidence Now Fact Sheets- Smoking Cessation Smoking Cessation Rationale for Smoking Cessation About 42 million people in the United States (nearly 18 percent of the population) currently smoke.1 Tobacco use is a leading cause of illness, disa…

165. Advanced Methods in Delivery System Research - Planning, Executing, Analyzing, and Reporting Research on Delivery System Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.monahrq.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/coordination/webinar05/mixedmethods.html
     June 01, 2017 - Predicting Cancer Mortality: Developing a New Cancer Care Variable Using Mixed Methods and the Quasi-Statistical … Predicting Cancer Mortality: Developing a New Cancer Care Variable Using Mixed Methods and the Quasi-Statistical

166. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - AHRQ-funded national project to reduce CLABSI, which is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality … CLABSI is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality for infants. … To estimate the deaths prevented, a range in mortality was assumed (11 – 31 percent)2.

167. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 23, 2024 - Service October 31, 2023 Public Health Department Collaborates With Health System To Improve Mortality

168. In the Spirit of Patient Safety Awareness Week, AHRQ Sharpens Its Focus on Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Each condition can potentially increase morbidity or mortality if the correct diagnosis is delayed, and

169. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - ethnic health disparities for heart disease persisted, with non-Hispanic Black people having the highest death … rate. … in PSNet’s current issue or access recent cases and commentaries in AHRQ’s WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality

170. EvidenceNOW: North Carolina Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the State is large, and almost one-third of deaths are caused by CVD (the CVD mortality … rate is 251 per 100,000). 2 CVD risk factors are common among the population; 65 percent of adults

171. 2017Qdr-Patsafchartbook (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - Promoting the most effective prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality … • HAIs often increase patients’ length of stay in the hospital, their risk of mortality, and their …  Risk-adjusted mortality at 30 postoperative days for colorectal surgery performed in adults. … For Hispanics, 30-day postoperative mortality was lower than for Whites (2.2%). … Mortality for Asians, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders was

172. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Sources (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2020 - : Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (NVSS-L) ............... 25 National Vital Statistics System: Mortality … The Version 2019.01 software has 17 mortality indicators for conditions or procedures and 2 composite … measures assessing hospital-level mortality for selected procedures overall and for selected conditions … Infant mortality statistics from the 2010 period linked birth/infant death data set. … National Vital Statistics System: Mortality (NVSS-M) Sponsor U.S.

173. Making Adjustments to Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - When presenting mortality and other health outcome measures, such adjustments are considered critical

174. Addressing Historical Racism and Inequality in American Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2021 - that address the impacts of systemic and other types of racism on health outcomes, including maternal mortality

175. For American Heart Month, AHRQ Offers New Tools for Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Medically supervised cardiac rehabilitation has reduced cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality

176. Tobacco Use and Dependence, General References (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years’ observations on male British doctors. … Mortality following inpatient addictions treatment. … Headley AJ: Generations of loss: contemporary perspectives on black infant mortality. … Occasional smoking increases total and cardiovascular mortality among men. … Tobacco-related disease mortality among men who switched from cigarettes to spit tobacco.

177. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - The result is increased resident mortality, hospitalizations, and costs.

178. Advancing Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - WebM&M To take advantage of the lessons that have been available from hospital-based morbidity and mortality … more widely available and accessible to the field, the Agency implemented AHRQ WebM&M, Morbidity & Mortality … Awards. 2003: Patient Safety Indicators; Patient Safety Improvement Corps; AHRQ WebM&M, Morbidity & Mortality

179. Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Healthcare Simulation Dictionary The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

180. At Upcoming 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, AHRQ to Address Challenges Ranging from Patient Safety to Climate Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Climate Change and the US Healthcare System: New AHRQ Initiatives June 25, 8:30 am, In-Hospital Mortality