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AHRQ tools and resources for better health care
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Title
AHRQ tools and resources for better health care [electronic resource] / author, Barbara L. Kass-Bartelmes.
Published
Rockville, Md : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2002]
Physical Description
15 p. : digital, PDF file.
Notes
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 13, 2008).
"December 2002."
Summary
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has devoted significant funding to the creation of tools and resources that will help meet the needs of the U.S. health care system. This report briefly describes the tools and resources that AHRQ has made available, such as data sets, assessment and performance measures, clinical care guidelines, and quality measurement indicators. Examples of how these tools and resources are being used by federal, state, and local governments; private industry; health service providers; hospital associations; and health maintenance organizations to improve health care quality and help consumers make more informed choices are also provided.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2008
Series
Research in action ; issue #10
AHRQ pub. ; no. 03-0008
System details note
Mode of access: Internet from the AHRQ web site. Address as of 3/13/08: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/tools/toolsria.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Health Services Research - United States - Resource Guides.
Databases as Topic - United States - Resource Guides.
Delivery of Health Care - United States - Resource Guides.
Practice Guidelines as Topic - United States - Resource Guides.
Quality of Health Care - United States - Resource Guides.
Questionnaires - United States - Resource Guides.
United States Government Agencies - United States - Resource Guides.
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