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Release Date: December 2011

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new Methods Report entitled Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for Ninth (2011) NHQR and NHDR Report (Methods Report #2011-06).

This report applies AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) to HCUP hospital discharge data for selected measures in the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). The NHQR tracks national trends in health care quality. The NHDR examines prevailing disparities in health care delivery as it relates to racial and socioeconomic factors in priority populations.

Methods Report #2011-06: Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data for Ninth (2011) NHQR and NHDR Report is available on the HCUP-US Website.

Internet Citation: AHRQ Releases Methods Series Report #2011-06 (December 2011) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). February 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/announcements/methods_dec2011.jsp.

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