HCUP Methods Series: Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for the Tenth (2012) National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR).

摘要

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) were applied to the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) hospital discharge data for selected measures in the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). The NHQR tracks national trends in health care quality. The NHDR examines prevailing disparities in health care delivery as it relates to racial and socioeconomic factors in priority populations.