State Specific Quality Ratings
The following links from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides a very user friendly way to compare how well each state does on 15 quality indicators against all states, other states in their region, and other dimensions. AHRQ intends for the information to help State officials and their partners understand health care quality in their State, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvements.
Useful Links
- AARP
- AFL-CIO
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Alliance for Health Reform
- American Hospital Association
- American Medical Association
- American Nurses Association
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Business Roundtable
- Center for Health Care Strategies
- Center for Studying Health System Change
- Families USA
- Healthcare Financing Administration
- Heritage Foundation
- Institute for Health Policy Solutions
- Georgetown University Institute for Health Research and Policy
- Institute of Medicine
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- National Academy for State Health Policy
- National Academy of Social Insurance
- National Association of State Budget Officers
- National Business Coalition on Health
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
- National Governors Association
- National Health Law Program
- National Health Policy Forum
- National Institute for Health Care Management
- National Rural Health Association
- Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation
- RWJ Cover the Uninsured Week 2005
- State Action.org
- State Health Agencies Web sites
- Stateline.org
- The Commonwealth Fund
- The Employee Benefit Research Institute
- The Urban Institute
- US Chamber of Commerce