Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality (AHRQ) news from FierceHealthcare
NewsHospitals aim to slash the 4.4M preventable readmissions
Four million and four hundred thousand preventable readmissions happen each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It's a daunting number matched with even higher Read more...
Older seniors account for a large share of hospital discharges
The oldest adults have always represented a larger share of hospital discharges than their population size would suggest. So any proposal to cut healthcare costs must take a closer look at how older Read more...
Most expensive hospital stays cost about $18,000 a day
The priciest hospital stays are also among the most futile. Among the top 0.5 percent of most expensive hospital stays, the average length of stay runs about 48 days and costs more than $500,000, yet Read more...
Healthcare-associated infections add 19 days to stay
Hospitals that are private/for-profit, have at least 500 beds, or those in metropolitan areas are more likely to see patients with healthcare-associated infections than other hospitals, according to Read more...
HHS report: ED visits rise 23 percent over decade
The number of emergency department visits in the U.S. increased by 23 percent from 1997 to 2007, to 117 million visits, according to a new National Health Statistics report. The data come from the Read more...
AHRQ: One in eight ED visits involves mental, substance-abuse patients
One out of every eight visits to U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2007 involved adults with a mental disorder, substance abuse problem, or both, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research Read more...
Disaster recovery efforts for hospitals the focus of new AHRQ guides
Between a lack of emergency preparedness shown at hospitals during 2005's Hurricane Katrina and more recent findings that many California hospitals might not survive an earthquake without major Read more...
AHRQ grants aim to improve patient safety, reduce costs due to malpractice fallout
In an attempt to curb the costs involved with lawsuits in malpractice cases nationwide, the Obama administration is enlisting the help of the New York State Unified Court System--and in particular Read more...
Hospital-acquired infections continue to plague patients
Ten years after the problem first gained attention, hospital-acquired infections continue to plague patients. For three out of five conditions being measured, the statistics have gotten worse, Read more...
Patient-safety incidents accounted for nearly 100,000 deaths, $9 billion
One out of every 10 Medicare patients who experienced a patient-safety incident between 2006 and 2008 died as a result, according to a new HealthGrades report. The errors cost taxpayers $8.9 billion, Read more...
| Press ReleasesGrowth in Medicaid Patient Hospital Admissions Outpace Those for Privately Insured PatientsAHRQ News and Numbers Release date: January 19, 2011 Hospital admissions of patients covered by Medicaid jumped by 30 percent between 1997 and 2008 compared to a 5 percent growth in those of patients Read more >> |
