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<h1>Appendix C: Measure Specifications</h1>
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<h3>2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports</h3>
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<div class="page-description"><span>The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.</span></div>
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<h3>Quality of Health Care</h3><p><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/cancer.html">Effectiveness of Care: Cancer</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/diabetes.html">Effectiveness of Care: Diabetes</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/end_stage_renal_disease.html">Effectiveness of Care: End Stage Renal Disease</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/heart_disease.html">Effectiveness of Care: Heart Disease</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/HIV_AIDS.html">Effectiveness of Care: HIV/AIDS</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/maternal_and_child_health.html">Effectiveness of Care: Maternal and Child Health</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/mental_health_and_substance_abuse.html">Effectiveness of Care: Mental Health and Substance Abuse</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/respiratory_diseases.html">Effectiveness of Care: Respiratory Diseases</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/nursing_home_home_health_and_hospice_care.html">Effectiveness of Care: Nursing Home, Home Health, and Hospice Care</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/patient_safety.html">Patient Safety</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/timeliness.html">Timeliness</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/patient_centeredness.html">Patient Centeredness</a><br /> </p><h3>Access to Care</h3><p><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/facilitators_and_barriers_to_health_care.html">Access to Care: Facilitators and Barriers to Health Care</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/health_care_utilization.html">Access to Care: Health Care Utilization</a><br /> </p><h3>Priority Populations</h3><p><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/racial_and_ethnic_minorities.html">Priority Populations: Racial and Ethnic Minorities</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/low-income_groups.html">Priority Populations: Low-Income Groups</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/women.html">Priority Populations: Women</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/children.html">Priority Populations: Children</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/older_adults.html">Priority Populations: Older Adults</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/rural_areas.html">Priority Populations: Rural Areas</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/individuals_with_special_health_care_needs.html">Priority Populations: Individuals With Special Health Care Needs</a></p></div>
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<div class="current-as-of">Page last reviewed September 2009</div>
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<span>Internet Citation: Appendix C: Measure Specifications: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/measurespec/index.html</span>
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