National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
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- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Program
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Tools
- Network of Patient Safety Databases
- ´óÏóÊÓÆµQuality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- Surveys on Patient Safety Culture
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Topic: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety, affecting one out of every 31 hospital patients at any one time. Over a million HAIs occur across the U.S. health care system every year, leading to the loss of tens of thousands of lives and adding billions of dollars to health care costs. ´óÏóÊÓÆµhas research, tools, programs and resources on HAIs and how clinicians can prevent or reduce them.