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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-afford.html
September 01, 2015 - Difficulty Getting Care
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription … In 2012, among people who were unable to get or delayed getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription … Difficulty Getting Care
Females unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription … : In 2012, among females unable to get or delaying in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa4.pdf
January 01, 2018 - than 140/90 mm/Hg -1.6 -0.51 NHANES 2016
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … discharges, adults
-3.8 -1.22 HCUP 2016
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … year
0.69 0.008 0.391 MEPS 15 (2002-2016)
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … with obesity -0.2 0.26 NHANES 2004-2016
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … the last 2 years 0.3 0.43 NHIS 2000-2015
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/about-pcmh-item-set-cg20.pdf
May 22, 2014 - - Provider talked to patient about reasons patient might not want to take a
medicine
- Provider … care from specialists
(Coordination)
• Anyone in provider’s office talked with patient about all prescriptions … improvement, such as:
• Including patients in the decisionmaking process around starting or stopping
a prescription … hard for patient
to take care of health
Self-
management
support
PCMH14 PCMH10 Patient took prescription … all prescriptions
Individual item Coordination
PCMH16 Anyone in provider’s office asked if
patient
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/ptoutcsurvey.docx
April 07, 2025 - Never
2 Sometimes
3 Usually
4 Always
MEDICINES
During this hospital stay, were you told to take any medicine … Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were already taking before … 1 Yes 2 No If No, Go to Question 19
How often was their explanation of how and when to take each medicine … Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were already taking before … 1 Yes 2 No If No, Go to Question 19
How often was their explanation of how and when to take each medicine
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-mentalhealth-cg30-adult.html
May 01, 2021 - Sometimes counseling or mental health treatment can include taking medicine. … In the last 6 months, did you take any medicine because of how you were feeling or for personal problems … In the last 6 months, how difficult was it for you to get your prescriptions for these mental health
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/hp/suppl-mentalhealth-hp50-adult.html
May 01, 2021 - Sometimes counseling or mental health treatment can include taking medicine. … In the last 6 months, did you take any medicine because of how you were feeling or for personal problems … In the last 6 months, how difficult was it for you to get your prescriptions for these mental health
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Introduction-2023Dec.pdf
December 01, 2023 - The database consists of a sample of inpatient, outpatient, and
prescription drug claims, including … • Pharmacy files: The pharmacy files contain prescription claims for sampled people
appearing in … in an inpatient hospital setting (i.e.,
inpatient stays with prescribed medicine) and cases where a … person received a
prescription drug from a pharmacy. … The unit of observation is either an inpatient stay claim
(where a person received medicine) or a pharmacy
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/054-dec-guide-pre-launch-activities.docx
October 01, 2024 - · Mupirocin requires a prescription; hospitals can handle this in different ways. … manager forums, nursing skills day or quality fairs, nursing staff meetings, medical staff meetings, and medicine … Compatibility should be confirmed with the manufacturers of all non-prescription skin products used in … train-the-trainer sessions, discussions at nursing huddles, brief computer-based training, and presentations at medicine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-data-spotlight-opioids-edvisits-tx.pdf
August 11, 2021 - Misuse of
prescription opioids is the use
of a prescription opioid in any
way not directed by a doctor … ,
including without a prescription;
use in greater amounts, more
often, or longer than told; or use … It is sometimes also
called “nonmedical prescription
opioid use” or “misuse of
prescription pain relievers … ,”
depending on the data source,
and refers only to misuse of
prescription opioids. … American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) National Practice Guideline for
the Use of Medications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/dhhs-2008-issue-brief.pdf
January 01, 2008 - million people—would have
difficulty with common health tasks, such as following directions on a
prescription … employee’s share of health
insurance costs for a year.
12%
Intermediate
Read instructions on a prescription … representative of real-world, health-related
material, including insurance information,
directions for taking medicine … U
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Institute of Medicine. … Health literacy:
a prescription to end confusion.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/ptoutcsurvey.pdf
April 07, 2025 - During this hospital stay, were you told to take any medicine after you left the hospital? … Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were
already taking … How often was their explanation of how and when to take each medicine easy to understand? … During this hospital stay, were you told to take any medicine after you left the hospital? … Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were
already taking
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/american-indian/measures-american-indian-809.pdf
December 11, 2017 - appointments with specialists
Q35 Easy to get needed care, tests or treatment
Q55 Patient got needed prescription … medicine through clinic
Response Options
• Never
• Sometimes
• Usually
• Always
Q54 Easy to … get needed prescription medicine through clinic
Response Options
• Definitely yes
• Somewhat yes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/survey3.0/adult-eng-cg30-2351a.pdf
July 01, 2015 - In the last 6 months, did you take any
prescription medicine? … the last 6 months, how often did you and
someone from this provider’s office talk
about all the prescription
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa5.pdf
January 01, 2018 - the calendar year
-6.70 -0.68 MEPS 2016
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … year
0.13 0.002 0.59 MEPS 15 (2002-2016)
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … year
0.62 0.01 0.542 MEPS 15 (2002-2016)
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … Value
Data
Source
Number of
Years
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … calendar year
0.521 0.049 MEPS 2002-
2016
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/opioids-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Internal Medicine. 2011;155(5):325-8.10.7326/0003-4819-155-5-201109060-00011
https://doi.org/10.7326 … (-0.4 MME per month, p<0.001) and prescriptions containing ≥90 MME also decreased (-
48.1 prescriptions … The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.
2017;18(5):894-902.10.5811/westjem.2017.6.33414.
13. … Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2012;6(1):68-
76.10.1097/ADM.0b013e318233d621.
19. … Journal of general internal medicine. 2009;24(2):226-32.10.1007/s11606-008-0866-8.
25.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/PCMH/adult-eng-cg30-pcmh-2352a.docx
October 30, 2020 - In the last 6 months, did you take any prescription medicine? … In the last 6 months, how often did you and someone from this provider’s office talk about all the prescription
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_3_Get_to_Know_508.docx
April 02, 2025 - Doctors and nurses may know more about medicine, but you are the expert on you. … They talk to you about your health history and symptoms, order lab tests, help with surgery, and write prescriptions … They prescribe medicine and help you make treatment decisions.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy2/Strat2_Tool_3_Get_to_Know_508.pdf
April 02, 2025 - Doctors and
nurses may know more about medicine, but you are the
expert on you. … talk to you about your health history and
symptoms, order lab tests, help with surgery, and write
prescriptions … They prescribe medicine and help you make treatment
decisions.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/cg/suppl-healthlit-items-cg-survey30-adult.html
January 01, 2018 - In the last 6 months, did you start a prescription medicine?
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-health-equity.html
May 01, 2024 - fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.” 39 Back in 2001, the Institute of Medicine … (now the National Academy of Medicine) report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System of the … Read Emerging Research Spotlight #7 Reducing Use of Antibiotics Without a Prescription Among Outpatients … ; School of Medicine; Internal Medicine Examines how factors at the patient, healthcare system, and clinician … ; Internal Medicine Examines "financial toxicity," or the financial consequences of illness.