Health Care Quality Slowly Improving, While Some Americans Still Lack Access
The quality of U.S. health care is slowly improving, while access to health care remains a great challenge for some Americans, especially racial and ethnic minorities and low-income people, according to AHRQ’s 2012 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report. The new reports call for “urgent attention” on continuing improvements in the quality of diabetes care, maternal and child health care, and treatment for conditions such as pressure ulcers and blood clots. Included in this year’s reports are new measures on early and adequate prenatal care, colorectal cancer screening, national rate of hospital-acquired conditions, standardized infection ratios at the state level for central line-associated bloodstream infections, and patient safety culture hospital survey findings. Quality and access data predate passage of the Affordable Care Act, which is addressing many of these issues. The reports are available online at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/ findings/nhqrdr/index.html. To order a print copy, email ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov or call 1-800-358-9295.
National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Tools for measuring health care quality, including the National Healthcare Disparities and Quality Reports, AHRQ Quality Indicators, and ambulatory clinical performance measures. For the 10th year in a row, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). These reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care.National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)
- 2012 PDF Version [
- 4.89 MB] (Accessible version available in June; for assistance, Email Doreen.Bonnett@ahrq.hhs.gov or call 301-427-1899).
- 2011 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 4.89 MB] | State Snapshots - Order Online
- 2010 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 27.53 MB] | State Snapshots
- 2009 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 3.14 MB] | State Snapshots
- 2008 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 2.42 MB] | State Snapshots
National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR)
- 2012 PDF Version [
- 5.25 MB] (Accessible version available in June; for assistance, Email Doreen.Bonnett@ahrq.hhs.gov or call 301-427-1899).
- 2011 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 11.2 MB] | State Snapshots - Order Online
- 2010 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 31.46 MB] | State Snapshots
- 2009 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 7.9 MB] | State Snapshots
- 2008 Web Version | PDF Version [
- 2.61 MB] | State Snapshots
Related Information
- NHQRDRnet Data Query System
- Background on the Measures Development Process for the NHQR
- List of Measures for the NHQR
- Background on the Measures Development Process for the NHDR
Current as of May 2013
Internet Citation: National Healthcare Quality &
Disparities Reports.
May 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html
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