Studies on the Nation's Health Systems

AHRQ's Comparative Health System Performance Initiative funds studies about how healthcare delivery systems promote evidence-based practices and patient-centered outcomes research in delivering care. Publications include:

• Safety net hospitals in health systems: Variation in ACO participation and other characteristics
• Specialty care access for Medicaid enrollees in expansion states
• Comparison of populations served in hospital service areas with and without comprehensive primary care plus medical homes

Access the initiative's Compendium of U.S. Health Systems, 2016, the first publicly available database that gives researchers, policymakers and healthcare administrators a snapshot of the nation's health systems.