The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Regularly Reports

question 42

Multiple Choice

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) regularly reports on important quality measures. Which of the following statements reflects an improvement in quality care as reported in the 2012 report?

• A) admission for asthma for those 65 and older
• B) women receiving a pap smear in the last 3 years
• C) admissions with diabetes with short-term complications
• D) long-stay nursing home residents who were assessed and given pneumococcal vaccination
• E) the number of suicide deaths per 100,000 population

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