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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Marken.pdf
January 01, 2004 - Error rate versus workload
Error Rate vs Workload
decrease with increasing workload, however … Error rate as a function of skill level
Error rate approaches, but never actually equals zero. … Prioritizing Medical Safety Practices
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rate, when the error rate is already quite low. … This model parameter has a large effect on the error rate, even when the
error rate is already low. … rate is already low.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap5tab14.html
December 01, 2017 - Admissions (number)
19,184
5,631
6,535
3,464
3,071
8,702
Admissions (rate … Inpatient days (number)
74,931
25,752
33,963
17,459
16,504
42,256
Inpatient days (rate … Inpatient days (number)
26,508
15,726
19,503
13,444
6,059
21,785
Inpatient days (rate … Admissions (number)
26,197
9,804
11,399
7,006
4,393
14,197
Admissions (rate … b The utilization rate is the number of admissions or days, divided by the number of persons.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Medication_Dashboard_Data_2024.xlsx
January 01, 2024 - 3.0%
Incorrect rate Transcribing 28 1.0%
Incorrect rate Dispensing 13 0.5%
Incorrect rate Preparing … * *
Incorrect rate Purchasing * *
Incorrect rate Other: Please specify 12 0.4%
Incorrect rate Unknown … 1.6%
Incorrect rate Data 17 0.6%
Incorrect rate Environment * *
Incorrect rate Policies and Procedures … Incorrect rate Transcribing 12 4.4%
Incorrect rate Dispensing * *
Incorrect rate Preparing * *
Incorrect … rate Data 11 4.5%
Incorrect rate Multiple 11 4.5%
Incorrect rate Other 202 82.8%
Incorrect route
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/2014nhqdr-womenhealth.pptx
January 01, 2020 - Overall Rate: In 2008-2009, the rate of ambulatory care visits for adverse effects of medical care was … In 2012, the rate of admissions with hypertension for Black women was more than five times the rate for … The rate of admissions with COPD for Black females was nearly twice the rate of White females.
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Men … Overall Rate: In 2010, the infant mortality rate was 6.1 per 1,000 live births. … Overall Rate: In 2010, the total infant mortality rate among females was 5.6 per 1,000 live births.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/tool.html
January 01, 2017 - reducing ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates by using this information to calculate the incidence rate … IVAC and PVAP events
CALCULATING VAE MEASURES PER 1,000 VENTILATOR DAYS
VAE Rate … [(# of VAC events) + (# of IVAC events) + (# of PVAP events) / (Total vent days)] * 1000
VAC Rate … (# of VAC events / Total vent days) * 1000
IVAC Rate
(# of IVAC events / Total vent days) … * 1000
PVAP Rate
(# of PVAP events) / (Total vent days) * 1000
Total IVAC Rate
[(# of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-clinical-experience-error-rate-emergency-physicians
November 16, 2022 - Study
The effect of clinical experience on the error rate of emergency physicians … The effect of clinical experience on the error rate of emergency physicians. … The effect of clinical experience on the error rate of emergency physicians. … September 10, 2014
The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-207-section-7-table-13.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Readmission Rates Stratified by Special Healthcare Needs Status by Year
Readmission 7 Days
Rate (CL … )
Readmission 14 Days
Rate (CL)
Readmission 30 Days
Rate (CL)
Readmission 90 Days
Rate (CL) … Readmission 365 Days
Rate (CL)
1995
Healthy 0.016 (0.014-0.018) 0.021 (0.018-0.023) 0.031 (0.028
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-236-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - CHIPRA 236: Technical Specifications
Rate of participating child psychiatrists, neurodevelopmental … A higher rate indicates better performance, as reflected by increased availability of
service. … The rate of child and adolescent psychiatrists who have provided any outpatient care to
at least one … The rate of neurodevelopmental pediatricians or developmental-behavioral pediatricians
who have provided … The rate of child and adolescent psychiatrists, neurodevelopmental pediatricians, and
developmental-behavioral
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp4b.html
January 01, 2013 - Adult Non-ICUs
Pediatric Units
Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate … Figure 16 illustrates the percentage of units reporting a rate of zero (shown in dark blue) or less … At baseline 28 percent of units reported a rate of zero. … At quarter six, this percentage increased to 59 percent of units reporting a rate of zero. … Pediatric CLABSI rate overall over time
Table 9.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/vae-tool.docx
January 01, 2017 - reducing ventilator-associated event (VAE) rates by using this information to calculate the incidence rate … Combined total number of IVAC and PVAP events
CALCULATING VAE MEASURES PER 1,000 VENTILATOR DAYS
VAE Rate … [(# of VAC events) + (# of IVAC events) + (# of PVAP events) / (Total vent days)] * 1000
VAC Rate … (# of VAC events / Total vent days) * 1000
IVAC Rate
(# of IVAC events / Total vent days) * 1000 … PVAP Rate
(# of PVAP events) / (Total vent days) * 1000
Total IVAC Rate
[(# of IVAC events) +
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/recent-insights-webcast-parast.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Mail only, Telephone only, Standard mixed mode (mail with
telephone follow-up)
• Overall response rate … administration modes
►Survey distribution within emergency departments was
problematic
–Response rate … 9.3%
–Possible bias in distribution
►Web-only survey administrations had very low response
–Response rate … and/or telephone follow-up after web survey
invitations
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Response Rates
• Overall response rate … higher than mail+phone: 25.5%
• Only arms with telephone follow-up had a response rate >20%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/data-innovations-statbrief-statins-commercial-insurance.pdf
October 02, 2024 - The figures are divided into three groups:
• State rate is significantly higher than overall U.S. rate … .
• State rate is not different than overall U.S. rate.
• State rate is significantly lower than overall … U.S. rate. … The overall U.S. rate of statin use after hospitalization for IS/TIA was 46.6% (Figure 4). … The overall U.S. rate of statin use after hospitalization for AMI was 54.8% (Figure 5).
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-summ.html
September 01, 2015 - Improving = Disparity is getting smaller at a rate greater than 1% per year. … No change = Disparity is not changing or is changing at a rate less than 1% per year. … Worsening = Disparity is getting larger at a rate greater than 1% per year. … Improving = Disparity is getting smaller at a rate greater than 1% per year. … Worsening = Disparity is getting larger at a rate greater than 1% per year.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp4a.html
January 01, 2013 - Adult Non-ICUs
Pediatric Units
Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate … Figure 14 illustrates the percentage of units reporting a rate of zero (shown in dark blue) or less … At baseline 61 percent of units reported a rate of zero. … By quarter six, this percentage had increased to 81 percent of units reporting a rate of zero. … Adult non-ICU CLABSI rate overall over time
Table 7.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/leonhardt-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The primary
outcome measure was the rate of accurate medication lists in the intervention clinics with … a 17-percentage-point
improvement from the baseline rate. … This was statistically lower than their baseline rate
and was significantly lower than the rate at intervention … comparison
clinics, which decreased their accuracy rate. … of 41% to a post-intervention rate of 25% (p < .001).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3b_combo_resultspresentation.pdf
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/57-senior-executives-facilitator.docx
June 01, 2023 - baseline data to identify areas for improvement, such as our [enter example (e.g., surgical site infection rate … Our unplanned 30-day readmission rate (post-discharge) is [rate]. … Our SSI rate for deep tissue is [rate] and [rate] for organ space. … Our all-cause inpatient mortality rate is [rate]. … An example might be reducing your deep incisional SSI rate from 12 percent in the current calendar year
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/58-frontline-presentation-template.docx
June 01, 2023 - baseline data to identify areas for improvement, such as our [enter example (e.g., surgical site infection rate … Our unplanned 30-day readmission rate (post-discharge) is [rate]. … Our SSI rate for deep tissue is [rate] and [rate] for organ space. … Our all-cause inpatient mortality rate is [rate]. … An example might be reducing your deep incisional SSI rate from 12 percent in the current calendar year
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/standalone_psi_casestudy.pdf
June 02, 2025 - More
specifically, the QI Toolkit was used to reduce the rate
of DVT/PE among postoperative patients … of DVT/PE among postoperative patients and the rate of hospital-
acquired DVT/PE:
Measure Baseline … * Postintervention Impact
Rate of DVT/PE 11.7/1,000 in 2011 9.3/1,000 in first 9 21% decrease in 3 … Failure Rate
• PSI 13 Postoperative Sepsis Rate
• PSI 15 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
These … “Each rate is a person,” noted Ms. Robinson.
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meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/hc_response_rate.jsp
September 13, 2024 - panel design consisting of multiple
waves or rounds of data collection, the overall response rate … in year 1 of data collection
*** Response rate for panel in year 2 of data collection
-- Panel … not included in response rate
Table 3. … For 2021, this column shows the response rate for Panel 24,
parts of Rounds 5 and 7, and all … For 2022, this column shows the response rate for Panel 24, parts of Round 7, and all of Rounds 8 and