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National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2015. AHRQ Publication No. 15-0007.

In this annual publication, AHRQ reviews the results of the National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report. This report reveals that the safety of hospital care has improved since 2010, recording a 17% decrease in harms to patients, an estimated 1.3 million fewer hospital-acquired conditions, and $12 billion in cost savings. Despite this achievement, disparities in quality of care remained and improvements varied by which measure was used.

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