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At the end of October 2021, the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports will be moving to a new AHRQ Data Tools site. Please check back here for updated information on how to access the new AHRQ Data Tools site, and be sure to bookmark the new link.

Welcome

This newly integrated website provides a unified Web tool for investigating information presented in the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. It allows users to drill down from the broadest picture of healthcare quality and disparities on the national and state levels.

Reports

National View

  • Begin your investigation with national-level data
  • View a national summary of overall performance in healthcare quality and disparities
  • "Drill down" to view specific measures and respective benchmarks
  • Examine national data across sociodemographic and other factors

State View

  • Begin your investigation with State-level data
  • View a summary of overall performance in healthcare quality and disparities for the State of your choice
  • View your State's "State Snapshot"
  • "Drill down" to view more specific measures and respective benchmarks
  • View contextual factors relevant to your performance

Data Query

  • Search NHQDR data tables and measures directly
  • Examine data across sociodemographic and other factors
  • Review specifications for individual measures
  • Learn more about NHQDR data sources

Opioids

  • View a national summary of overall performance on opioid-related measures.
  • "Drill down" to view national- and state-level data on specific opioid measures.
  • Examine opioids data across sociodemographic and other factors.

Resources

  • Explore a catalog of online resources for taking action to improve healthcare quality and disparities
  • Learn how to raise awareness, identify best practices, and track success
  • View options for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data
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News and Highlights


HHS Releases 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report


The 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows the progress and opportunities for improving healthcare quality and reducing healthcare disparities. Chartbooks on specific topics, such as access to care, patient safety, and healthy living, provide more detailed information. In addition, downloadable slides are available for presentations.

Data Spotlights and Infographics

Learn about other QDR analyses by visiting our Data Spotlights and Infographics page.

Chartbooks

The 2018 Chartbook on Patient Safety is available online on the AHRQ website. The 2019 Chartbook on Patient Safety will be available soon.

This updated Patient Safety chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). This chartbook includes a summary of trends across measures of patient safety from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of patient safety. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.

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