The AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (PDF, 787 KB) is a report that shows progress toward the goal of reducing hospital-acquired conditions ...

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The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama in January 2009. Since that time, AHRQ and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death in U.S. hospitals. This September, AHRQ is offering provider resources and data on the seriousness of sepsis during Sepsis Awareness Month. Sepsis is a ...

In 2021, AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) asked adults in rural and nonrural areas to describe medical care availability in their neighborhoods. About 17.7 percent of those in ...

In the United States, the cost of treating adults with heart disease totaled $100 billion in 2022. A new statistical brief from AHRQ’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) presents data on the ...

Research has helped to establish effective diagnosis and treatment practices for child and adolescent mental health disorders, but gaps remain in patient-centered studies that explore “what is the ...

Among all federal health insurance providers, Medicare was the highest spender for major diet-related conditions during 2021 and 2022, with an average of $153 billion per year in expenditures. The ...

A new interactive tool from AHRQ allows researchers, policymakers and others to explore trends in hospital care for sepsis, a life-threatening condition that is among the most expensive to treat in ...

Today, the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety (NAA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched the National Healthcare Safety Dashboard, an online ...

The rate of severe maternal morbidity increased 40 percent between 2016 and 2021, from 72 cases for every 10,000-delivery hospital stays in 2016 to 101.1 per 10,000 in 2021. (Source: AHRQ Healthcare ...

Many organizations are interested in assessing and improving patient experience with behavioral health, mental health, and/or substance use disorder services. Three CAHPS products are available to ...