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261. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE READMISSIONS DATABASE (NRD), 2013
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/NRD_Introduction_2013.jsp
     January 01, 2013 - This report describes 12 key measures of hospital readmissions from different agencies or companies. … The 12 measures were selected for inclusion because they are: (1) endorsed by the National Quality Forum … Although we calculated discharge-level weights for the NRD, we did not calculate hospital-level weights … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

262. Frequently Asked Questions for Coronary Procedures Project
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/ny14.jsp
     September 01, 2014 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … Clinical measures will include: Inpatient and 30-day risk-adjusted post-procedure mortality rates … Alternative measures of clinical performance will be compared and the most useful selected for detailed … Additional quality measures not supported by these registries would be highly desirable. … Additional auditing to ensure data quality would be useful.

263. HCUP Overview Presentation
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/hcup_90_min_pres.jsp
     December 01, 2022 - Comorbidity assignment is not mutually exclusive Some codes cross-classified to more than one comorbidity measure … Clinically similar comorbidity measures Some comorbidity measures clinically similar … American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files Supplemental Variable for Revisit Analyses Trend Weights … toolssoftware/revisit/revisit.jsp   Slide 99 NIS and KID Trend Weights … Files Adjust Discharge Weights for Longitudinal Analyses Adjust discharge weights to account

264. Enhancing the Clinical Content of Administrative Data - Laboratory Data Toolkit
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/lvtoolkit.jsp
     August 01, 2011 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … (AHRQ) is committed to improving healthcare safety and quality and generating the knowledge and tools … readings—with administrative databases has been shown to provide more accurate risk-adjustments and better measures … reporting and assisting them in analyzing results for hospital-specific quality improvement, as well … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

265. Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/nrd_brochure.jsp
     May 01, 2017 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … characteristics Expected payer Total charges Discharge status Length of stay Severity and comorbidity measures … Variations in medical practice Health care cost inflation Quality of care and patient safety … Free tools and software are available to estimate hospital costs, assess quality of care, and identify … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

266. Cost of Disparities Fact Sheet (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/race/CostsofDisparitiesIB.pdf
     June 24, 2011 - It highlights how states measure these costs, some of the challenges states may encounter in doing … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). … For these reasons, states often choose measures generated from less suspect race/ethnicity data such … the most useful way to illustrate human costs of disparities is in terms of life expectancy, as this measure … http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm This report shows the cost-effectiveness of screening measures

267. LOINC Mapping Tool Instructions
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/AppendixK_1LabCodingToolInstructions.jsp
     October 01, 2010 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Neutrophils band – Percent neutrophils is preferred measure. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

268. LOINC Overview and Instructions
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/mn14.jsp
     August 01, 2014 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … Supplemental Variables for Revisit Analyses American Hospital Association (AHA) Linkage Files AHRQ Quality … Neutrophils band — Percent neutrophils is preferred measure. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

269. NEDSChangesBeginningDataYear2016 (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDSChangesBeginningDataYr2016.pdf
     September 01, 2021 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Hospital-level file o Hospital Weights File is a single file containing information on hospital characteristics … Newly Added Data Elements Data Element Name Description NEDS File Year Added CMR_aaab Comorbidity measures … codes Diagnosis and Procedure Groups 2019 CMR_VERSION Version of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure … b Where aaa denotes the specific comorbidity measure.

270. Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/kid_brochure.jsp
     May 01, 2018 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … characteristics Total charges Expected payer Discharge status Length of stay Severity and comorbidity measures … Free tools and software are available to estimate hospital costs, assess quality of care, and identify … Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP includes the largest all-payer … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

271. HCUP-US Overview
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/overview.jsp
     February 01, 2022 - through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … These databases enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality … Enrich a collaborative partnership with statewide data organizations aimed at increasing the quality … The AHRQualityIndicators™ (QIs) are measures of healthcare quality that make use of readily available … The AHRQ QIs consist of three modules measuring various aspects of quality.

272. National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/exhibit_booth/nis_brochure.jsp
     May 01, 2018 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … characteristics Total charges Expected payer Discharge status Length of stay Severity and comorbidity measures … Free tools and software are available to estimate hospital costs, assess quality of care, and identify … Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HCUP includes the largest all-payer … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

273. HCUP-US KID Overview
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/kidoverview.jsp
     July 01, 2025 - Expected payment source Total charges Length of stay Severity and prior to 2016, comorbidity measures … These trend weights were calculated in the same way as the weights for the 2000 and later years of the … (Trend analyses for 2000 and later data do not need the KID trends weights.) … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/kidoverview.jsp. … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

274. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - This report describes 12 key measures of hospital readmissions from different agencies or companies … The 12 measures were selected for inclusion because they are: (1) endorsed by the National Quality Forum … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

275. Comorbidity Software (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/ComorbiditySoftwareDocumentationFinal.pdf
     September 30, 2004 - Contact Information: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … (Comorbidity Measures for Use with Administrative Data. Medical Care, 1998;36:8-27). … This document describes the software that creates the comorbidity measures reported by Elixhauser et … (“Comorbidity Measures for Use with Administrative Data.” Medical Care, 1998;36:8-27).

276. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS), 2018
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2018.jsp
     January 01, 2018 - of disease severity measures. … Missing Values Missing data values can compromise the quality of estimates. … Return to Introduction Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure … of an appropriate method for calculating variances for nationwide estimates depends on the type of measure … - provides detailed documentation on the different types of measures HCUP Quality Control Procedures

277. INTRODUCTION TO THE HCUP NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE (NIS), 2017
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2017.jsp
     January 01, 2017 - of disease severity measures. … Missing Values Missing data values can compromise the quality of estimates. … Return to Introduction Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure … of an appropriate method for calculating variances for nationwide estimates depends on the type of measure … - provides detailed documentation on the different types of measures HCUP Quality Control Procedures

278. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2013.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - This report describes12 key measures of hospital readmissions from different agencies or companies. … The 12 measures were selected for inclusion because they are: (1) endorsed by the National Quality Forum … Although we calculated discharge-level weights for the NRD, we did not calculate hospital-level weights … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. … Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

279. State Documentation of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities to Inform Strategic Action
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/race/annotatedslidesforR_E_report2.jsp
     May 01, 2016 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … Define benefits Regulate professionals and facilities Collect and report data Set standards and measure … Slide 11 General Findings (cont'd) Only slight variation in races/ethnicities included Measures … data on state population NEW SECTION: State Resources for Addressing Disparities in Health Care Quality … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD

280. ASCII Implementation Guide.
     hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/hi7.jsp
     July 01, 2016 - Procedure Classes for ICD-9-CM Surgery Flags for ICD-9-CM HCUP Supplemental Files NIS-Trend Weights … and the unit of measure. … information system personnel at your facility if you have questions regarding the laboratory units of measures … 1 This effort is supported by CER funding received from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Search Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD