United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
"United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An agency of the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE established in 1990 to "provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery..." It supersedes the National Center for Health Services Research. The United States Agency for Health Care Policy and Research was renamed Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999.
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D016270
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.409.418.750.600.650.592 N03.540.348.500.500.600.650.592
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" by people in Profiles.
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Munn Z, Qaseem A. Disappearance of the National Guideline Clearinghouse: A Huge Loss for Evidence-Based Health Care. Ann Intern Med. 2018 11 06; 169(9):648-649.
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Carr K, Rincon F, Maltenfort M, Birnbaum L, Dengler B, Rodriguez M, Seifi A. Incidence and morbidity of craniocervical arterial dissections in atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients who underwent aneurysmal repair. J Neurointerv Surg. 2015 Oct; 7(10):728-33.
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Urtecho J, Snapp M, Sperling M, Maltenfort M, Vibbert M, Athar MK, McBride W, Moussouttas M, Bell R, Jallo J, Rincon F. Hospital mortality in primary admissions of septic patients with status epilepticus in the United States*. Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug; 41(8):1853-62.
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Swan BA, Haas SA, Chow M. Ambulatory care registered nurse performance measurement. Nurs Econ. 2010 Sep-Oct; 28(5):337-9, 342.
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Leas BF, Berman B, Kash KM, Crawford AG, Toner RW, Goldfarb NI, Nash DB. Quality measurement in diabetes care. Popul Health Manag. 2009 Oct; 12(5):265-71.
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Abouzaid S, Maio V. The inequality in health care quality. Am J Med Qual. 2009 May-Jun; 24(3):182-4.
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Swan BA, Boruch RF. Quality of evidence: usefulness in measuring the quality of health care. Med Care. 2004 Feb; 42(2 Suppl):II12-20.
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Barach P, Moss F. QHC to become QSHC... Delivering safe health care: safety is a patient's right and the obligation of all health professionals. Qual Health Care. 2001 Dec; 10(4):199-200.
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Chodoff P, Bischof RO, Nash DB, Laine C. The AHCPR guidelines on heart failure: comparison of a family medicine and an internal medicine practice with the guidelines and an educational intervention to modify behavior. Clin Perform Qual Health Care. 1996 Oct-Dec; 4(4):179-85.
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Nash DB, Markson LE. Managing outcomes: the perspective of the players. Front Health Serv Manage. 1991; 8(2):3-51; discussion 64-5.