The rate of MRSA diagnoses on admission among expected self-pay hospitalizations decreased from 130.1 per 10,000 stays in 2019 to 114.1 per 10,000 stays in 2021, and the rate among hospitalizations ...

In rural areas, adult inpatient hospital stays with MRSA diagnoses on admission dropped from a rate of 106 per 10,000 stays in 2019 to 97 per 10,000 stays in 2021. In large metropolitan areas during ...

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Patient experience encompasses the range of interactions that patients have with the healthcare system, including their care from health plans, and from doctors, nurses, and staff in hospitals, ...

Health services research (HSR) is the field of study that examines the quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare delivery from the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and clinical ...

When wheezing episodes are no longer present and, in RA, taper and discontinue. Usually can discontinue between 34 and 35 weeks postmenstrual age, or after 5-7 days free of apnea. Home ...

In 2021, 7.9 percent of adults on Medicare and 20.4 percent of adults on Medicaid faced challenges with daily living due to unreliable transportation. By comparison, just 3.4 percent of adults using ...

About 6 percent of U.S. adults reported that a lack of reliable transportation kept them from medical appointments or other important activities for daily living in 2021. In that timeframe, 15.1 ...

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 ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) have awarded $40 million in grants over 5 years to 11 institutions to support the ...

It’s important to prioritize high-impact prevention strategies, as outlined in the Toolkit. Follow these steps to prioritize opportunities for improvement. Multi-voting is a structured series of votes ...