AHRQ Stats: Hospital Discharge Instructions
The percentage of hospitalized adult patients with heart failure who were given complete written discharge instructions improved from 57 percent in 2005 to almost 94 percent in 2012. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Care Coordination.)
Chartbook on Care Coordination
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
This Care Coordination 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 care coordination from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of care coordination. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.
Download Information
- Chartbook on Care Coordination [
PDF File, 2.42 MB ].
- Chartbook on Care Coordination: Slide Presentation [
PowerPoint File, 1.52 MB; Text Version].
Contents
Acknowledgments
Care Coordination
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Changes for 2014
Key Findings of the 2014 QDR
Chartbooks Organized Around Priorities of the National Quality Strategy
Chartbook on Care Coordination
Measures of Care Coordination
Transitions of Care
Preventable Emergency Department Visits
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations
Integration of Medication Information
Use of Electronic Health Records
References
Care Coordination
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Changes for 2014
Key Findings of the 2014 QDR
Chartbooks Organized Around Priorities of the National Quality Strategy
Chartbook on Care Coordination
Measures of Care Coordination
Transitions of Care
Preventable Emergency Department Visits
Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations
Integration of Medication Information
Use of Electronic Health Records
References
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 care coordination. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2015. AHRQ Pub. No. 15-0007-5-EF.
Page last reviewed June 2015
Internet Citation: Chartbook on Care Coordination. June 2015. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/carecoordination/index.html
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