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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-subuse.html
June 01, 2018 - 1976, most other common measures of alcohol-related problems such as arrest and hospital discharge rates … self-reported data, Black American males age 18 and over had higher levels of heavy drinking and higher rates … single-room occupancy hotels study of drug abuse in New York City suggested that Blacks had higher rates … Lung and esophageal cancer morbidity and mortality rates, known to be related to smoking, were lower … Groups With Disparities: Blacks and Whites had similarly low rates of treatment for substance use disorders
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/neonatal.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Rates Per 1,000 Births by Race/Ethnicity, 2015 (Q1-Q3)
Neonatal Abstinence … Syndrome Rates Per
1,000 Births by Race/Ethnicity, 2015 (Q1-Q3)
Whites have higher
rates of babies
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/baker_crc_screening.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Improving Rates of Repeat Colorectal Cancer Screening in Community Health Centers … Services
Working to get the right services, to the right people, at the right time
Improving Rates … HS21141
Screening for colorectal cancer is recommended for all adults age 50-75, but
screening rates … remain low, especially in Black and Hispanic populations and
in areas with higher poverty rates. … The goal of this study was to improve
colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates by developing a comprehensive
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final/clabsifinal3.html
January 01, 2013 - and describes project penetration, the impact of the project on reducing CLABSI rates, and estimates … Figure 6 shows this reduction in adult ICU CLABSI rates overall over time. … States that started with low CLABSI rates achieved additional improvements, again demonstrating that … Non-ICU and pediatric units had similar, impressive reductions in CLABSI rates.
Figure 6. … Assuming that baseline rates would have remained stable without the study intervention, an estimated
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b1_combo_applyingqis.pdf
March 01, 2016 - and Excel Worksheets on Data, Trends, and Rates (Tool B.3), which you can use to
display your QI rates … Types of Rates for Quality Indicators
The AHRQ QI software can generate four types of QI rates, which … These are the observed rates, expected rates, risk-adjusted rates, and smoothed rates. … SID mean, compared with smoothed rates for a hospital with more reliable rates. … “smoother”
than the raw rates.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b3a_pdi_chartsforpresentations.xlsx
January 01, 2006 - compare-PDI-rates-average
The risk-adjusted rate is the estimate of how a hospital would perform on … an indicator for an average case mix of patients, rather than its *Note: Risk-adjusted rates … use the software with your data and obtain these rates). … Percent Difference in Rates (Lower Bound) Percent Difference in Rates (Upper Bound) Chart Label How … Rates before the 4th quarter of 2014 are calculated using ICD-9; rates calculated during the 4th quarter
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/zero-clabsi/slides.html
July 01, 2013 - Challenge #2: Reducing CLABSI Rates Trend Line Not Smooth
Slide 15. … Challenge #2: Reducing CLABSI Rates VA Cohort 6 CLABSI Rate Down 27%
CLABSI rates among Virginia's … Challenge #2: Rate Up for 2 Quarters; Reducing CLABSI Rates Not Smooth
The decrease in CLABSI rates … Challenge #2: Reducing CLABSI Rates Trend Line Not Smooth
What worked to get rates back on track … What worked to get rates back on track?
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm.html
March 01, 2020 - In non-border counties, Hispanics had lower rates of stays than non-Hispanics. … Population-Based Rates of Inpatient Hospital Stays by Service Line
Rates of Inpatient Hospital Stays … Hispanics had lower rates of surgical stays, both in border and non-border counties. … In border counties, Hispanics had higher rates of medical stays than non-Hispanics. … Population-Based Rates of Inpatient Hospital Stays for Select Conditions
Rates of Inpatient Hospital
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b3a_pdi_chartsforpresentations.pdf
January 01, 2006 - use the software with your data and obtain these rates). … Percent
Difference
in Rates
(Lower
Bound)
Percent
Difference
in Rates
(Upper
Bound) Chart … Enter Your Data Here
*Note: Use caution comparing rates before and after
2014. … Rates before the 4th quarter of 2014 are
calculated using ICD-9; rates calculated during the
4th quarter … use the software with your data and obtain these rates).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/ppe-covid19-audit-tracking-tool-userguide.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Summary Rates Tab
All the data entered in each month is rolled up into the Summary Rates tab, located … Figure 7 - Overview data from Summary Rates tab. … Rates by Job Role, Location, and Time Block
In addition to the Summary Rates tab, the data entered each … These tabs include: Rates by Job Role, Rates by Location, and
Rates by Time Block. … Figure 10 - PPE compliance rates by job title.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/hand-hygiene-audit-tool-userguide.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Summary Rates Tab
All the data entered in each month is rolled up into the Summary Rates tab, located … Figure 7 - Overview data from Summary Rates tab.
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In addition, the Summary Rates tab provides … Rates by Job Role, Location, and Time Block
In addition to the Summary Rates tab, the data entered each … These tabs include: Rates by Job Role, Rates by Location, and
Rates by Time Block. … Figure 70 - Hand hygiene compliance rates by job title.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3a_combo_chartsforpresentations.xlsx
January 01, 2006 - use the software with your data and obtain these rates). … Percent Difference in Rates (Lower Bound) Percent Difference in Rates (Upper Bound) Chart Label How … Percent Difference in Rates (Lower Bound) Percent Difference in Rates (Upper Bound) Chart Label How … Percent Difference in Rates (Lower Bound) Percent Difference in Rates (Upper Bound) Chart Label How … Rates before the 4th quarter of 2014 are calculated using ICD-9; rates calculated during the 4th quarter
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
February 20, 2020 - Blacks Experiencing Fast-Rising Rates of Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone … 1
Blacks Experiencing
Fast-Rising Rates of
Overdose Deaths
Involving Synthetic … rates of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic
opioids other than methadone (Figures 1 and 2).1 … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. … Note: For this measure, lower rates are better.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Shimada_65.pdf
April 04, 2008 - Racial Disparities in Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) Rates in the Veterans Health Administration
Racial … racial groups, with a wide
range in rates for some PSIs [e.g., rates per 1,000 hospitalizations of failure … lowest rates for the most PSIs (six PSIs). … When
we compared PSI rates across groups, no racial groups had consistently higher or lower rates
compared … All racial groups had some of the highest rates and all minority groups
had some of the lowest rates
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/b1_pdi_applyingpdis.pdf
March 01, 2016 - rates for presentations. … Types of Rates for Quality Indicators
The AHRQ QI software can generate four types of PDI rates, which … These are the observed rates, expected rates, risk-adjusted rates, and smoothed rates. … SID mean, compared with smoothed rates for a hospital with more reliable rates. … “smoother” than the raw rates.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b3b_combo_resultspresentation.pptx
January 01, 2012 - Rates before the 4th quarter of 2014 are calculated using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes; rates calculated … The rates should be similar but may not yield a perfect comparison between years. … Comparing Observed Rates of Pressure Ulcers (PSI 03) to Expected Rates
Observed 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 … Comparing Expected Rates of Pressure Ulcers (PSI 03) to National Average Rates To Compare Case Mix
Expected … Comparing Risk-Adjusted Rates of Pressure Ulcers (PSI 03) to National Average Rates
Risk-Adjusted Rate
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-infmat.html
June 01, 2018 - It is clear, unfortunately, that normal weight Black babies have far higher rates of neonatal mortality … Groups With Disparities:
Blacks had lower rates of obstetric trauma than Whites. … Blacks had higher rates of low birth weight and infant mortality and these disparities were not changing … Trends:
From 2004 to 2013, birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell from 2.6 per 1,000 live births … Between 2004 and 2012, birth trauma-neonatal injury rates fell for all racial/ethnic groups.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-rr-webcast-011124-elliott.pdf
September 30, 2021 - CAHPS Program: Improving Response Rates and Representativeness - The CAHPS Hospital, CAHPS Hospice, and … conducted randomized experiments
evaluating Web-first protocols with the hope of increasing
response rates … a prenotification letter
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HCAHPS Background: Many Patient Groups
Have Lower Survey Response Rates … collection
End data
collection End data collection
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2021 HCAHPS Mode Experiment
Response Rates … Estimated Response Rates by Arm, 42-Day Field Period
Item
Arm 1:
Mail only;
revised
survey
Arm 2
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/hcbs/findings/find6.html
December 01, 2012 - Rates generally are lowest in the I/DD population. … For example, the outcome indicator rates exhibit a strong age gradient, with higher rates in older individuals … Women tend to have higher rates than men and people in nonurban areas tend to have higher rates than … The rates vary substantially by clinical subpopulation, with I/DD populations exhibiting the lowest rates … Finally, the rates also appear to vary systematically with area health characteristics, with higher rates
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/about-cahps/research/survey-administration-literature-review.pdf
October 01, 2017 - Declining response rates for CAHPS surveys.
2. … higher than traditional approaches; in fact, response
rates are often lower. … • IVR yields low response rates,
particularly touch-tone IVR. … • CAHPS promised incentives of $5
to $10 can increase response
rates. … Comparing response rates from Web and mail surveys: A meta-analysis.