Tuesday, November 13, 2007

AHRQ - Preventable Hospitalization Costs, a county level mapping tool

www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/mappingtool.htm

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the Preventable Hospitalization Costs Mapping Tool for Windows

"The AHRQ Preventable Hospitalization Costs (PHC) is a software program that:

  1. maps selected AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) for a State, by county,
  2. estimates the cost savings associated with reducing the level of potentially avoidable hospitalizations. "