modified DRGs, mental diseases and disorders and when procedures days data is not available. Risk adjustment coefficients are shown below and described in Reporting and Reported as the in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges for low mortality (< interpretation 0.5%) Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) Each year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) produces the National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHQR/DR). Three online resources provide access to information from the reports: NHQR/DR Reports Web Site - The AHRQ issues two reports annually, The National Healthcare Quality Report and The National Healthcare Disparities Report. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care. The most recent report is for 2012, available online at - death in low mortality DRG is not included in this report. In addition there are links to related reports ) NHQRDnet reports data from 2000 to 2008 including national data, trends and disparities, with further categorisation by: Location of resident Ownership of hospital Region of inpatient treatment Teaching status Location of hospital Bed size Median income of patient’s zip code Expected payment source Death in low mortality DRG is also included as one of the indicators reported in the which expresses a composite comparative measure of performance as well as specific data relating to the indicator and whether the performance for that indicator is the same, better or worse that other states. Software and user guides are available to assist in applying the indicators to their own data. Some organisations have used the AHRQ quality indicators to produce web-based comparative reports on hospital quality organisations have incorporated selected AHRQ indicators into pay for performance demonstration projects, such as .
modified DRGs, mental diseases and disorders and when procedures days data is not available. Risk adjustment coefficients are shown below and described in Reporting and interpretation Reported as the in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges for low mortality (< 0.5%) Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) Each year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) produces the National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHQR/DR). Three online resources provide access to information from the reports: NHQR/DR Reports Web Site - The AHRQ issues two reports annually, The National Healthcare Quality Report and The National Healthcare Disparities Report. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care. The most recent report is for 2012, available online at - death in low mortality DRG is not included in this report. In addition there are links to related reports ) NHQRDnet reports data from 2000 to 2008 including national data, trends and disparities, with further categorisation by: Location of resident Ownership of hospital Region of inpatient treatment Teaching status Location of hospital Bed size Median income of patient’s zip code Expected payment source Death in low mortality DRG is also included as one of the indicators reported in the which expresses a composite comparative measure of performance as well as specific data relating to the indicator and whether the performance for that indicator is the same, better or worse that other states. Software and user guides are available to assist in applying the indicators to their own data. Some organisations have used the AHRQ quality indicators to produce web-based comparative reports on hospital quality organisations have incorporated selected AHRQ indicators into pay for performance demonstration projects, such as .