Most hospitals adhere to nurse staffing guidelines, but gaps in staffing are reported more frequently at hospitals serving patients who have medical or obstetric complications, a new AHRQ-funded study ...

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In 2022, over 77 percent of U.S. adults were affected by obesity, at least one chronic condition, or both, and that number rose to 99 percent among adults aged 80 and older. A new research findings ...

As the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, NIH supports a variety of programs from grants and contracts to loan repayment. Learn about assistance programs, how to identify a ...

A mortality surveillance system established by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Denver Health and Hospital Authority identified more than six times the number of ...

Emergency departments need to be more effective at coordinating the collection and use of “health-related social needs” information, a new AHRQ-funded study has found. The study, published in BMC ...

Compared with 2021, insurance premiums in 2022 for private-sector employees increased 2.8 percent for single coverage, 2.1 percent for employee-plus-one coverage and 2.6 percent for family coverage.

In 2020, 40.3 percent of women aged 35 and older who gave birth for the first time had a cesarean delivery, the highest rate compared with women aged 15 to 19 (15.9 percent), aged 20 to 24 (21.5 ...

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A new online tool developed by AHRQ supports efforts by primary care practices and healthcare systems to improve opioid medication management and prevent opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in older ...

Overall, 15.5 percent of U.S. noninstitutionalized adults reported having used an electronic nicotine product in 2021. (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #554, ...