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Using a Hospital Quality Improvement Toolkit to Improve Performance on the AHRQ Quality Indicators - 2013

The Top Patient Safety Strategies That Can Be Encouraged for Adoption Now - 2013

Care Experiences of Managed Care Medicare Enrollees Near the End of Life - 2013

A Retrospective Evaluation of the Perfecting Patient Care University Training Program for Health Care Organizations - 2013

Improving Interactions with Patients in a Dialysis Facility: A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention - 2012

Helping Hospitals Deliver Better Care: A New Toolkit for Quality Improvement - 2012

Experiences of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD: Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey Results - 2012

Measuring Success for Health Care Quality Improvement Interventions - 2012

Multiple Patient Safety Events Within a Single Hospitalization: A National Profile in US Hospitals - 2012

Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice: A Case Study of a Successful Quality Improvement Intervention - 2011

Advancing the Science of Patient Safety - 2011

Depression and the Health Care Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries - 2011

How Event Reporting by US Hospitals Has Changed from 2005 to 2009 - 2012

Understanding Variations in Medicare Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems Scores: California as an Example - 2011

Achieving Strong Teamwork Practices in Hospital Labor and Delivery Units - 2010

Improving Hospital Inpatient Nursing Care: A Case Study of One Hospital's Intervention to Improve the Patient's Care Experience - 2010

Adverse Event Reporting Practices by U.S. Hospitals: Survey Results from 2005 and 2009 - 2010

How Hospitals Have Implemented the National Quality Forum Safe Practices - 2009

Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System - 2009

RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2009 - 2009

Adopting Information Technology to Drive Improvements in Patient Safety: Lessons from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Information Technology Grantees - 2009

Assessment of Contributions to Patient Safety Knowledge By the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Patient Safety Projects - 2009

Evaluation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Framework and Approach - 2009

Experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-Funded Projects That Implemented Practices for Safer Patient Care - 2009

The Growth of Partnerships to Support Patient Safety Practice Adoption - 2009

Safety Outcomes in the United States: Trends and Challenges in Measurement - 2009

Training a Patient Safety Work Force: The Patient Safety Improvement Corps - 2009

Health Care Provider's Motivation to Improve Communication Skills - 2009

Canary Measures Among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators - 2009

Evaluation of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Synthesis of Findings - 2009

Using Health Information Technology-Related Performance Measures and Tools to Improve Chronic Care - 2009

Adverse-event-reporting Practices by US Hospitals: Results of a National Survey - 2008

Prioritizing Patient Safety Outcomes Measures: Results of an Expert Consensus Process - 2008

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report -- Evaluation Report IV - 2008

Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care: Final Report - 2008

Bridging from the Picker Hospital Survey to the CAHPS Hospital Survey - 2008

Assessing the Diffusion of Safe Practices in the U.S. Health Care System: Interim Report to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - 2007

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Focus on Implementation and Dissemination Evaluation Report III (2004-2005) - 2007

Improving Performance for Health Plan Customer Service: A Case Study of a Successful CAHPS Quality Improvement Intervention - 2007

Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003-2004) - 2007

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress During 2004 and 2005 - 2007

Research Colloquium on Workers’ Compensation Medical Benefit Delivery and Return to Work - 2006

Development of Supplemental Quality Improvement Items for the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) - 2006

Evaluation of the Patient Safety Improvement Corps: Experiences of the First Two Groups of Trainees - 2006

Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Evaluation of Process and Effects - 2005

Implementation of the Diabetes Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department: Final Evaluation - 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 - 2005

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Program Advancement in 2005 - 2005

Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Context and Baseline Evaluation Report I - 2005

Do Medicaid and Commercial CAHPS Scores Correlate Within Plans? A New Jersey Case Study - 2005

The Utility of CAHPS for Health Plans - 2004

Assessment of 24-Hour Care Options for California - 2004

Evaluation of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Program: Progress from Program Inception to 2004 - 2004

Evaluation of the Low Back Pain Practice Guideline Implementation in the Army Medical Department - 2004

Evaluation of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration: Final Report - 2003

Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis - 2003

Policy and Health in Asia: Financing and Allocating Public Expenditures - 2003

Regional Health Quality Improvement Coalitions: Lessons Across the Life Cycle - 2003

Shortcomings in Medicare Bonus Payments for Physicians in Underserved Areas: Medicare's Bonus Payment Program Has Not Met Its Goal of Providing Physicians with Incentives to Practice in Rural Underserved Areas - 2003

Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the DoD Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Demonstration - 2002

Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s - 2002

Effects of CAHPS Health Plan Performance Information on Plan Choices By New Jersey Medicaid Beneficiaries - 2002

Effects of CAHPS Performance Information on Health Plan Choices By Iowa Medicaid Beneficiaries - 2002

Implementing the Post-Deployment Health Practice Guideline: Lessons from the Field Demonstration - 2002

The First Year of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration: Evaluation Report for FY 1999 - 2001

Putting Practice Guidelines to Work in the Department of Defense Medical System: A Guide for Action - 2001

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year - 2001

Evaluating an Integrated Approach to Clinical Quality Improvement: Clinical Guidelines, Quality Measurement, and Supportive System Design - 2001

Implementing CaLWORKS: The Need for Added Capacity - 2001

Implementing CalWORKs: The Problem of Noncompliance - 2001

Implementing CalWORKs: The Timing of Job Club - 2001

Improving Health Care Options for the Nation's Over-65 Military Retirees: First-year Results from the TRICARE Senior Prime Subvention Demonstration - 2001

Trends for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries During the 1990s - 2001

Trends in Bonus Payments for Physician Services to Rural Medicare Beneficiaries - 2001

Variations in Medicare AAPCC Rates During the 1990s for Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties - 2001

Testing CAHPS Health Plan Performance Reports in the Florida Medicaid Program - 2000

Are People With Mental Illness Getting the Help They Need? New Findings About Parity Laws, Insurance Coverage, and Access to Care - 2000

Do Consumer Reports of Health Plan Quality Affect Health Plan Selection? - 2000

Trends in Supply and Utilization of Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payments - 2000

Interim Report: Evaluation of the Medicare-DoD Subvention Demonstration - 1999

Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year - 1999

The Design of Healthcare for Communities: A Study of Health Care Delivery for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Conditions - 1999

Epilogue : early lessons from CAHPS demonstrations and evaluations - 1999

Policy and Health: Implications for Development in Asia - 1999

Special issues in assessing care of Medicaid recipients - 1999

Use of the CAHPS Medicaid Managed Care Questionnaire by the New Jersey Medicaid Program - 1998

Actuarial Analysis of Basic Benefits Package Opinions of Health Care Reform in Macedonia - 1997

Consideration for Benefits and Cost Sharing Policies for Health Care Reform in Macedonia - 1997

Coordinated Health Care Benefits Policy: Services, Cost Sharing and Limits for Macedonia - 1997

Economic Efficiency of Macedonian Health System: Analysis of Government and Household Survey Data - 1997

Model of Basic Benefits Package and Options with Actuarial Analysis - 1997

Reforming Health Care in Macedonia: RAND Technical Assistance Reports from July 1996 to May 1997 - 1997

Survey Issues Regarding Dual Eligible Populations: Design of a Medicare Fee-For-Service CAHPS Survey - 1997

When Does A Plan Differ Significantly from Other Plans? : Statistical and Practical Significance Criteria of Star Ratings for the New Jersey CAHPS Survey - 1997

Competition Under Fixed Prices: Effects on Patient Selection and Service Strategies by Hemodialysis Providers - 1996

Modified Capitation and Treatment Incentives for End Stage Renal Disease - 1996

Designing a Capitation Payment Plan for Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Services - 1994

Defining Infants’ Race and Ethnicity in a Study of Very Low Birthweight Infants - 1993

Effects of Competition of Dialysis Facility Service Levels and Patient Selection - 1993

Interaction of outlier payment policy with DRG refinement and recalibration - 1993

Improving Medicare's Policy for Payment of Unusual Hospital Cases - 1992

Assessing Emergency Medical Services in Los Angeles County: A Research Agenda - 1991

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