AHRQ Stats: Federal Insurance Spending for Diet-Related CareAmong all federal health insurance providers, Medicare was the highest spender for major diet-related conditions during 2021 and 2022, with ...

An AHRQ-funded study published in NPJ Digital Medicine found that including lab results significantly improved the accuracy of differential diagnoses generated by large language models. Researchers ...

AHRQ Stats: Changes in Healthcare Spending Among Highest SpendersPeople in the top 1 percent of healthcare expenses spent an average of $147,071 in 2022, a decrease of approximately $30,000 from 2021.

AHRQ Stats: Proportionate Healthcare Expenditures Among High Spenders Between 2018 and 2022, 21.7 percent of healthcare expenditures were associated with the top 1 percent of spenders. The bottom 50 ...

AHRQ Stats: Total Adult Outpatient Opioid Prescription FillsThere were 68.6 million outpatient prescription opioid fills between 2021 and 2022. Hydrocodone (25.2 million fills), oxycodone (19.2 ...

AHRQ Stats: Average Annual Spending on Adult Opioid PrescriptionsBetween 2021 and 2022, average annual total outpatient prescription costs for oxycodone totaled $1.9 billion, and costs for hydrocodone ...

AHRQ Stats: Trends in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Hospital TypeOverall, the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia increased by more than 100 percent between 2019 and 2021 regardless of ...

AHRQ Stats: MRSA Rates by Payer TypeThe rate of MRSA diagnoses on admission among expected self-pay hospitalizations decreased from 130.1 per 10,000 stays in 2019 to 114.1 per 10,000 stays in 2021, ...

AHRQ Stats: Trends in MRSA Rates, 2016 to 2021While the overall rate of adult inpatient stays with a diagnosis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decreased by nearly 11 percent ...

AHRQ Stats: Conditions Associated With Lack of Reliable TransportationIn 2021, 15.5 percent of current smokers reported transportation issues that resulted in difficulties accessing daily living needs ...

AHRQ Stats: Rates of Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections by Hospital TypeThe rate of central-line associated bloodstream infections at any hospital type increased substantially between 2019 ...

Editor’s Note: Due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, AHRQ News Now will not publish again until Jan. 7. AHRQ Stats: Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity Black non-Hispanic women and ...