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National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report | Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)



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Gap Closing for Some Health Disparities, Widening for Others, According to AHRQ Healthy Living Chartbook





Five measures, including the rate of children ages 19–35 months who received a measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, showed elimination of disparities for different groups, according to findings from AHRQ’s new Chartbook on Healthy Living. Some health measures showed a widening of disparities. For example, in four of the five most recent years, black adult smokers were less likely than white adult smokers to receive advice to quit smoking during a checkup. Of the 38 measures included in the Healthy Living Chartbook, 18 showed improvement, 17 indicated no change and three worsened. The chartbook is a supplement of the 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, which features trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, disparities and efficiency of care. AHRQ offers additional healthy living resources, such as tips and screening tests for staying healthypreventing obesity and quitting smoking.

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Cover of QDR Chartbook on Healthy Living.

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Chartbook on Healthy Living

This Healthy Living chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). This chartbook includes a summary of trends across measures of healthy living from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of healthy living. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.

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This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. Suggested citation: 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report chartbook on healthy living. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2015. AHRQ Pub. No. 15-0007-7-EF.
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Internet Citation: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Healthy Living. July 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/healthyliving/index.html

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