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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-infmat.html
June 01, 2018 - Although Blacks shared in the decline in infant mortality, a significant disparity remained, with Black … This reduction, in turn, led to significant cost savings.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
February 01, 2024 - Statistical Briefs
MEPS Statistical Brief #552: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Non-Elderly Adults in 2020-2021, by Socioeconomic Characteristics .
This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain obtained from the 2020…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/supln-slides.pdf
January 24, 2025 - Successes/Outcomes
Improved performance on quality measures
o Intervention practices showed statistically … significant improvement over time
on 11 measures (e.g., Dental visits, Developmental screening, all … Well Care)
o Intervention practices showed statistically significant improvement over
comparison … up-to-date on MCV & Tdap
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*Significant … Point Change in IHOC Immunization Rates
by Practice Site, First STEPS Practices, (8/11 – 9/12)
*Significant
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bolton-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - was significantly higher for the masking condition than for the
nonmasking one and that there were no statistically … significant differences in false-alarm rates. … These showed that there were significant differences between sensitivity and bias. … T-test statistics (reported with their corresponding
Cohen’s d effect size) show that there were no statistically … significant differences observed between comparable
rates of the two experiments.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-holtrop.html
December 01, 2017 - PDCM was not statistically significantly better at controlling patients' health care costs than HPDCM
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/build-businesscase-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - Therefore, it carries significant impact for patients. … Impact on Mechanically Ventilated Patients
SAY:
Complications from mechanical ventilation pose a significant … Postoperative deep vein thromboses, patient falls, and adverse drug events also yield significant additional … SAY:
Implementing the interventions in this safety program has significant benefits. … While a CFO is generally a “concrete thinker” with a significant level of financial expertise, he or
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/france-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Joseph France, PhD, MPH
Team Members:
Key Personnel: Jason Slagle, PhD, Matthew Shotwell, PhD
Other Significant … Last updated: March 29, 2022 7
Although significant advances have been made in measuring perceived … VUMC 6.3 (0.7)
PCH 6.3 (0.4)
Overall Case SOS VUMC 5.9 (0.8)
PCH 5.8 (0.7)
*Statistically significant … analysis of SOS scores (Mann-Whitney U test) collected from
perioperative teams at VUMC and PCH found statistically … There was a
significant interaction effect between NRE reporting by micro-team and hospital site.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/park-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - This mediation analysis was only
tested when significant associations between patient turnover, work … However, we could not find meaningful and significant results from non-linear associations. … physicians, and
perceived their unit as having a poorer practice environment; these associations were not
statistically … significant. … Unit-level patient
outcomes of falls, injury falls, and pressure injuries were not statistically significant
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/intro.html
June 01, 2018 - Because these measures cannot improve to a significant degree, including them in the measure set creates … Magnitude of change was considered important because large databases could have trends that were statistically … significant but not large enough to be clinically meaningful. … the difference between two groups is meaningful:
The difference between the two groups must be statistically … significant with p <0.05 on a two-tailed test.
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/funding/tips-obtaining.html
May 01, 2025 - work affects the lives of individuals is likely to be more compelling to non-research audiences than statistically … significant findings.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/wachs1-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - = 34
− 1 = 33, 𝛼𝛼 = 0.05)
was performed to
ensure that the
difference between
the metrics was
statistically … significant. … The difference between
methods was statistically significant (𝑝𝑝 < 0.05) for the modifier and the … Metric I (State of the Art) and Metric II (The Jaccard distance using semantic
descriptors). (* = statistically … A statistically significant difference was found.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hsops1-database-report-part-I.pdf
March 01, 2021 - “Significant” Differences Between Scores ...................................................... 51 … Statistically “Significant” Differences Between Scores
You may be interested in determining the statistical … significant. … While a one percentage point difference between percent positive scores
might be “statistically” significant … Keep in mind that statistically significant differences are not always important, and nonsignificant
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www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/hspc-research-study/impacts.html
June 01, 2020 - Since then, there have been significant investments of federally funded PCR into PCMH implementation … One delivery leader noted that the size of a statistically significant effect should also be taken into … whether or not to adopt an intervention, such as this example related to diabetes control: “Patients had statistically … significant reduction in A1c over the course of a year, but it was by 0.1 . . . that’s not clinically … significant.”
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/2024-medical-office-database-report-rev.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Statistically “Significant” Differences Between Scores
You might be interested in determining the statistical … significant. … While a 1 percentage point difference between percent positive
scores might be “statistically” significant … Keep in mind that statistically significant differences are not always important, and nonsignificant … “Significant” Differences Between Scores
Data Limitations
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hartung-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Small, but statistically significant,
improvements were reported with respect to attitudes about the … When taken in aggregate, there was a significant moderate impact of the
RESPOND training program on … As in the original pilot, a significant, moderate
effect was observed for objective knowledge gains … Although the survey data demonstrated improvements on most outcomes, significant
improvement was not … The consistency in effect size and statistically
significant findings is encouraging for potential scalability
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-pennsylvania-state-snapshot.pdf
January 01, 2018 - physicians’ reported
experiences with and attitudes toward quality
reporting in Pennsylvania
Note: * = statistically … significant difference (p = <0.05)
Source: Cross-sectional survey of pediatricians and family physicians
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/2022-mosops-database-report-part-I.pdf
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2022 SOPS Medical Office Database Report iv
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Statistically … “Significant” Differences Between Scores .........................................52
Data Limitations … significant. … While a 1 percentage point difference between percent positive
scores might be “statistically” significant … Keep in mind that statistically significant differences are not always important, and nonsignificant
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - sample size (n=1,350,353), many associations assessed in the multivariate
logistic regressions were statistically … significant but not likely clinically significant (i.e., ORs were
very close to 1.0). … Due to the large sample size, many associations were statistically
significant but not likely clinically … significant (e.g., ORs were very small). … *Clinically significant represents at least a significant 10% difference
from comparison variable.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/lofland-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - In 1994,
the associated healthcare costs for migraine headache were significant, reaching a
value equivalent … Despite its high prevalence and significant economic impact, migraine headache within
the United States … For individuals in the low and middle tertiles for
baseline mental health scores, there were significant … A p-value less than 0.05 was considered
statistically significant.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/SOPS-Nursing-Home-DB-Part-I-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Statistically “Significant” Differences Between Scores
You might be interested in determining the statistical … as the
number of observations in comparison groups increases, small differences in scores become
statistically … significant. … While a 1 percentage point difference between percent positive scores
might be “statistically” significant … Keep in mind that statistically significant differences are not always important, and nonsignificant