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A

Accountability Conundrum: Staying Focused, Delivering Results, The; A Report on the UHC 2008 Quality and Safety Forum
Accuracy of a Computerized Clinical Decision-Support System for Asthma Assessment and Management
Accuracy of Medicare Expenditures in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
"ACE Inhibitors" and "ARBs" to Protect Your Heart? A Guide for Patients Being Treated for Stable Coronary Heart Disease
ACEIs, ARBs, or DRI for Adults with Hypertension: Clinician Research Summary
ACEIs or ARBs for Adults with Hypertension: Clinician's Guide
Acute Care Utilization and Rehospitalizations for Sickle Cell Disease
Adding ACEIs and/or ARBs to Standard Therapy for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Benefits and Harms; Clinician Guide
Adding ACEIs and/or ARBs to Standard Therapy for Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Benefits and Harms; Policymaker Summary
Adding the Patient Perspective to Comparative Effectiveness Research
Adjunctive Devices for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Adjuvant Treatment for Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Adults with Diagnosed and Untreated Diabetes: Who Are They? How Can We Reach Them?
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches
Advancing Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence Design and Implementation
Advancing Research Data Infrastructure for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Advancing the Role of Systematic Reviews in Nutrition Research and Applications, Volume 1
Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Results of a National Survey
Adverse Event Reporting Systems and Safer Healthcare
Adverse Events After Stopping Clopidogrel in Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Insights from a Large Integrated Healthcare Delivery System
Adverse Selection and the Effect of Health Insurance on Utilization of Prescribed Medicine Among Patients with Chronic Conditions
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Effective Health Care (EHC) Program Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Keeping Up-to-Date in a Rapidly Evolving Field, The
AHRQ Annual Highlights 2010
AHRQ Patient Safety Network
AHRQ Publications Order Form
AHRQ WebM&M
AHRQ's DEcIDE Network
AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program: Why Comparative Effectiveness Matters
Alcohol Consumption and Cancer Risk: Understanding Possible Causal Mechanisms for Breast and Colorectal Cancers
Alleviating “Second Victim” Syndrome: How We Should Handle Patient Harm
Analgesics for Osteoarthritis
Analgesics for Osteoarthritis: An Update of the 2006 Comparative Effectiveness Review
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs) and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs) for Treating Essential Hypertension
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs), Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs), and Direct Renin Inhibitors for Treating Essential Hypertension: An Update
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Added to Standard Medical Therapy for Treating Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
Annual Medical Spending Attributable to Obesity: Payer- and Service-Specific Estimates
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Focus on Trends in Hospital Use and Quality
Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Children's Health Care Quality
Antidepressant Medicines: A Guide for Adults with Depression
Applying Trigger Tools to Detect Adverse Events Associated with Outpatient Surgery
As Obesity Epidemic Escalates, Need for More Screening and Counseling Grows
Assessing Applicability When Comparing Medical Interventions: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Effective Health Care Program
Assessment of the Impact of Two Distinct Survey Design Modifications on Health Care Utilization Estimates in the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey
Assessment of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Activity in Patients Prescribed Azathioprine or Other Thiopurine-Based Drugs
Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action
Asthma Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for State Action
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effectiveness of Treatment in At-Risk Preschoolers; Long-Term Effectiveness in All Ages; and Variability in Prevalence, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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Bar-Coded Medication Administration: Decisionmaker Brief
Barriers and Drivers of Health Information Technology Use for the Elderly, Chronically Ill, and Underserved
Be More Involved in your Health Care
Becoming a High Reliability Organization: Operational Advice for Hospital Leaders
Best Practices in Systems Interventions to Reduce the Burden of Fractures
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely
Board Oversight of Quality: Any Differences in Process of Care and Mortality?
Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes
Building Capacity for a Transformation Initiative: System Redesign at Denver Health
Building the Path to High-Quality Care

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C

Can Incentives to Improve Quality Reduce Disparities?
Can State Databases Be Used to Develop a National, Standardized Hospital Nurse Staffing Database?
Canary's Warning: Why Infections Matter, The
Cancer Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoepidemiology: Setting a Research Agenda to Accelerate Translation
CER: Tools—Not Rules, and Its Effects Can Be Transformational
CERTs Annual Report Year 7
Challenge of Multiple Comorbidity for the U.S. Health Care System, The
Changes in Clinical and Hotel Expenditures Following Publication of the Nursing Home Compare Report Card
Changes in Hospital Readmissions for Diabetes-Related Conditions: Differences by Payer
Changes in Patient Flow Among Five Hospitals Participating in a Learning Collaborative
Characteristics of Employers Offering Dental Coverage in the United States
Charting a Path from Comparative Effectiveness Funding to Improved Patient-Centered Health Care
Chasing Zero: Can Reality Meet the Rhetoric?
Chasing Zero Department: Making Idealized Design a Reality, The
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Quality Measures Initiatives: Moving Forward to Improve Measurement, Care, and Child and Adolescent Outcomes, The
Choosing Antidepressants for Adults: Clinician Guide
Choosing Medications for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinician Guide
Choosing Medicines for High Blood Pressure: A Review of the Research on ACEIs, ARBs, and DRIs
Choosing Non-Opioid Analgesics for Osteoarthritis: Clinician Guide
Choosing Pain Medicine for Osteoarthritis: A Guide for Consumers
Chronic Disease Management: Decisionmaker Brief
Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, A
Clinical Utility of Cancer Family History Collection in Primary Care
Clostridium difficile Infections: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention: Clinician Research Summary
CMS's Hospital Acquired Condition Lists Link Hospital Payment, Patient Safety
CMS's Landmark Decision on CT Colonography: Examining the Relevant Data
Colorectal Cancer Screening by Primary Care Physicians: Recommendations and Practices, 2006-2007
Commercial Off-the-Shelf Consumer Health Informatics Interventions: Recommendations for Their Design, Evaluation, and Redesign
Committee Report: Method for Evaluating Conditions Nominated for Population-Based Screening of Newborns and Children
Common Formats Allow Uniform Collection and Reporting of Patient Safety Data by Patient Safety Organizations
Community and Individual Race/Ethnicity and Home Health Care Use Among Elderly Persons in the United States
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Clinician Guide
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Radiotherapy Treatments for Head and Neck Cancer: Policymaker Summary
Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Clinician Research Summary
Comparative Effectiveness of Interventions for Rotator Cuff Tears in Adults: Clinician Guide
Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinician Guide
Comparative Effectiveness Research and Genomic Medicine: An Evolving Partnership for 21st Century Medicine
Comparative Effectiveness Research—Implications of the Federal Coordinating Council's Report
Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities at Federal Agencies: The View From the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institute on Aging, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Comparative Effectiveness Research: Promising Area of Study for Pharmacists
Comparing Medications for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Clinician Guide
Comparing Two Kinds of Blood Pressure Pills: ACEIs and ARBs. A Guide for Adults
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Back Pain Utilization Report
Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Back Pain II
Complexity, Bullying, and Stress: Analyzing and Mitigating a Challenging Work Environment for Nurses
Computerized Provider Order Entry: Decisionmaker Brief
Conducting Quantitative Synthesis When Comparing Medical Interventions: AHRQ and the Effective Health Care Program
Connecting Those at Risk to Care: A Guide to Building a Community "HUB" to Promote a System of Collaboration, Accountability, and Improved Outcomes
Connecting Those at Risk to Care: The Quick Start Guide to Developing Community Care Coordination Pathways
Conoce las Preguntas (Know the Questions)
Consensus-Based Recommendations for Research Priorities Related to Interventions to Safeguard Patient Safety in the Crowded Emergency Department
Considerations for the Design of Safe and Effective Consumer Health IT Applications in the Home
Consumer Financial Incentives: A Decision Guide for Purchasers
Containing Costs and Improving Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP
Contemporary Costs of HIV Healthcare in the HAART Era
Coordinating Care in the Medical Neighborhood: Critical Components and Available Mechanisms
Core-Needle and Open Surgical Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions
Core-Needle Biopsy for Breast Abnormalities: Clinician Guide
Cost and Incidence of Prescribing Errors Among Privately Insured HIV Patients, The
Cost Sharing in Medicaid and CHIP: How Does It Affect Out-of-Pocket Spending?
Costly Hospital Readmissions and Complex Chronic Illness
Costs and State-Specific Rates of Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebroplasty, 2001-2005
Costs of Turnover in Nursing Homes, The
Creating a Framework for Getting Quality into the Public Health System
Current Guidelines Have Limited Applicability to Patients with Comorbid Conditions: A Systematic Analysis of Evidence-Based Guidelines

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D

Defining and Measuring Successful Emergency Care Networks: A Research Agenda
Defining the Emergency Care Sensitive Condition: A Health Policy Research Agenda in Emergency Medicine
Demographic Variability, Vaccination, and the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Rotavirus Epidemics
Depression After Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers
Depression After Traumatic Brain Injury: Clinician Guide
Depression Following a Traumatic Brain Injury: Policy Brief
Deriving SF-12v2 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scores: A Comparison of Different Scoring Algorithms
Designing and Implementing Medicaid Disease and Care Management Programs: A User's Guide
Determinants of Utilization and Expenditures for the Episodes of Ambulatory Physical Therapy Among Adults
Developing Quality of Care Measures for People with Disabilities: Summary of Expert Meeting
Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action
Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Workbook for States
Diabetes Primary Prevention Initiative Interventions Focus Area: A Case Study and Recommendations, The
Diagnosis and Management of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
Diagnosis and Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults
Diagnostic Performance of Serum Cobalamin Tests: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Diffusion of New Technology and Payment Policies: Coronary Stents
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Disparities in Antiretroviral Treatment: A Comparison of Behaviorally HIV-Infected Youth and Adults in the HIV Research Network
Disparities in Infectious Disease Hospitalization for American Indian/Alaska Native People
DMARDs for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Review of the Research for Parents and Caregivers
Do Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Problems Respond to Cigarette Prices?
Do Medicare Advantage Enrollees Tend to Be Admitted to Hospitals with Better or Worse Outcomes Compared with Fee-for-Service Enrollees?
Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions?
Do SCHIP Enrollees Stay Insured?
Do You Know the Right Questions to Ask?
DoD Medical Team Training Programs: An Independent Case Study Analysis
Does Prescription Drug Adherence Reduce Hospitalizations and Costs? The Case of Diabetes
Does State Regulation of Quality Impose Costs on Nursing Homes?
Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults
Dual Eligibles with Mental Disorders and Medicare Part B: How Are They Faring?

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E

Economic Burden of Late Entry into Medical Care for Patients with HIV Infection
Effect of Certificate-of-Need Laws on Hospital Beds and Healthcare Expenditures: An Empirical Analysis, The
Effect of Tax Subsidies on High Health Care Expenditure Burdens in the United States, The
Effectiveness and Safety of Antiepileptic Medications in Patients with Epilepsy
Effectiveness of Early Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection
Effectiveness of Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring in Adults with Hypertension: Clinician Research Summary
Effects of Antidepressant Treatment on Antiretroviral Regimen Adherence Among Depressed HIV-Infected Patients
Effects of Hospital Competition on Inpatient Quality of Care
Effects of Immigration on the Health Insurance Status of Natives
Elective Induction of Labor: Safety and Harms: Clinician's Guide
Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS)
Emergency Department Care in the United States: A Profile of National Data Sources
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Everything You Need To Know
Emergency Severity Index, Version 4: Implementation Handbook
Enabling Medication Management Through Health Information Technology
Enhancing Board Oversight on Quality of Hospital Care: An Agency Theory Perspective
Enhancing Quality Oversight
Enhancing the Use and Quality of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Epoetin and Darbepoetin for Managing Anemia in Patients Undergoing Cancer Treatment
Establishing a Global Learning Community for Incident-Reporting Systems
Evidence on the Chronic Care Model in the New Millennium
Evidence Review of Active Surveillance in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer, An
Examining Latino Differences in Mental Healthcare Use: The Roles of Acculturation and Attitudes Towards Healthcare
Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction and Asthma
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antidepressant Use Among Adolescents
Explore Your Treatment Options

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F

Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Patient Flow Improvement Strategies
Families with Mixed Eligibility for Public Coverage: Navigating Medicaid, CHIP, and Uninsurance
Family History and Improving Health
Family History of Breast, Ovarian, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancers
Fecal DNA Testing in Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Average-Risk Adults
Financing of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Insurance, Managed Care, and Reimbursement, The
Finding Order in Heterogeneity: Types of Quality Improvement Intervention Publications
Finding Your Way: What to Do Before You Leave the Hospital
First- and Second-Generation Antipsychotics for Children and Young Adults
Focusing the Research Enterprise on the Patient
Formal Home Care Utilization Patterns by Rural-Urban Community Residence
Fracture Prevention Treatments for Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: Clinician's Guide
From Research to Practice: Factors Affecting Implementation of Prospective Targeted Injury-Detection Systems

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G

Game-Theoretical Interpretation of Guaranteed Renewability in Health Insurance, A
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Geographic Variation: A View from the Hospital Sector
Gestational Diabetes: A Guide for Pregnant Women
Gestational Diabetes: Caring for Women During and After Pregnancy, Clinician Guide
Getting to Zero: New Resources Aim to Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
GRADE: Assessing the Quality of Evidence for Diagnostic Recommendations
GRADE Guidelines: 9. Rating Up the Quality of Evidence
Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence when Comparing Medical Interventions—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Effective Health Care Program: AHRQ Series Paper 5
Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2010-2011, The
Guiding Comparative Effectiveness Research—A U.S. Perspective

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H

Having a Breast Biopsy: A Guide for Women and Their Families
HCUPnet
Health Expenditure Estimation and Functional Form: Applications of the Generalized Gamma and Extended Estimating Equations Models
Health Information Technology: Turning the Patient-Centered Medical Home from Concept to Reality
Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Preferences for Coverage, Worker Sorting, and Insurance Take-Up
Health Insurance Status of Low-Wage Workers: The Role of Workplace Composition and Marital Status, The
Health Literacy Impact on Patient-Provider Interactions Involving the Treatment of Dental Problems
Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review
Health Services Research Agenda for Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic Technologies in Cancer Care, A
Healthcare Quality and Disparities: Attacking Problems at Their Root
Healthy Men
Help for Smokers and Other Tobacco Users, Consumer Guide
Helping Smokers Quit, A Guide for Clinicians
Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation in the Pediatric Population
HER2 Testing to Manage Patients with Breast Cancer or Other Solid Tumors
High-Performance Work Systems in Health Care Management, Part 1: Development of an Evidence-Informed Model
High-Performance Work Systems in Health Care Management, Part 2: Qualitative Evidence from Five Case Studies
HIV-Related Medical Service Use by Rural/Urban Residents: A Multistate Perspective
Hospital Quality, Efficiency, and Input Slack Differentials
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report
Hospitalizations for Kawasaki Syndrome Among Children in the United States, 1997-2007
Human Factors of Home Health Care: A Conceptual Model for Examining Safety and Quality Concerns, The
Human Growth Hormone for Children with Cystic Fibrosis: A Review of the Research for Parents and Caregivers

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Identification of Hospital-Acquired Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from Medicare Claims
Identifying and Using Good Practice Guidelines
Identifying Children’s Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: An Evidence-Informed, Publicly Transparent Expert Process
Immigrants and the Use of Preventive Care in the United States
Impact of Consumer Health Informatics Applications
Impact of Increased Tax Subsidies on the Insurance Coverage of Self-Employed Families: Evidence from the 1996-2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, The
Impact of Local Resources on Hospitalization Patterns of Medicare Beneficiaries and Propensity to Travel Outside Local Markets
Impact of National Health Care Reform on Adults with Severe Mental Disorders, The
Impact of Patient Race on Patient Experiences of Access and Communication in HIV Care
Impact of Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Implementation on Medicaid and SCHIP
Impact of Survey Design Modifications on Health Insurance Coverage Estimates in a National Longitudinal Health Care Survey, The
Implications of the Accuracy of MEPS Prescription Drug Data for Health Services Research
Importance of Recommendations for Gestational Weight Gain
Improving Efficiency and Value in Health Care: Introduction
Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals
Incidence and Types of Non-Ideal Care Events in an Emergency Department
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Bacteraemia in HIV-Infected Adults in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Incorrect Surgical Procedures Within and Outside of the Operating Room: A Follow-Up Report
Individual Insurance and Access to Care
Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas of Research, Final Report
Inefficiency Differences Between Critical Access Hospitals and Prospectively Paid Rural Hospitals
Infectious Disease Hospitalizations in the United States
Influence of Changes in Dental Care Coverage on Dental Care Utilization Among Retirees and Near-Retirees in the United States, 2004-2006, The
Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients' and Physicians' Needs?
Infrastructure to Monitor Utilization and Outcomes of Gene-Based Applications: An Assessment
Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Preterm Infants
In-Hospital Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa for Off-Label Indications vs. Usual Care
Inpatient Health Services Utilization Among HIV-Infected Adult Patients in Care 2002-2007
Inpatient Quality Indicators
Insulin Analogues in Premixed Formulations for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care
Investing in Health Information Infrastructure: Can It Help Achieve Health Reform?
Investing in Preventive Dental Care for the Medicare Population: A Preliminary Analysis
Is There Evidence of Cream Skimming Among Nursing Homes Following the Publication of the Nursing Home Compare Report Card?
Issues and Challenges in Conducting Systematic Reviews to Support Development of Nutrient Reference Values, Workshop Summary

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Kidney-Related Diseases and Quality Improvement: AHRQ’s Role
Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)

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Lactose Intolerance and Health
Leveraging Certified Nursing Assistant Documentation and Knowledge to Improve Clinical Decision Making: The On-Time Quality Improvement Program to Prevent Pressure Ulcers
Lipid-Modifying Agents
Logic Model Framework for Evaluation and Planning in a Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network, A
Long-Term Followup After Diagnosis Resulting from Newborn Screening: Statement of the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children

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