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Where can I learn more about health care quality?

If you are interested in learning more about quality care or how to choose a hospital, nursing home or doctor, here are some resources that can help.

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Consumers & Patients provides more links to tools and information for people who want to take an active role in their health care.

To contact AHRQ by mail write to:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
OC – Office of Communications
5600 Fishers Lane, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20857

To reach AHRQ by phone, call (301) 427-1364.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Hospital Compare

Hospital Compare website is a website with quality information on almost all hospitals in the U.S.
The Hospital Compare website’s Hospital Checklist helps you think through a range of issues to consider when choosing a hospital.

Physician Compare

Physician Compare can help you find a physician nearby. You can search by specialty, board certification, group practice, and which hospitals the physician works with, among other topics.

Nursing Home Compare

Nursing Home Compare collects information about every nursing home in the country that provides care to people who receive Medicare or Medicaid benefits. The website also offers a detailed guide to choosing a nursing home.

Get started using the site: Compare Hospitals. Compare Nursing Homes.
Find Doctors. Select menu links below to Get Started.

Compare Hospitals | Compare Nursing Homes | Find Doctors

How to use our quality ratings: Use our quality ratings to learn about a health care facility that you or someone you care about will go to for treatment. Find a hospital or find a nursing home by name. Choose from a list of health care facilities in your area to see how they do and compare them. What does each one do well? What could each one do better? Find a hospital by location or find a nursing home by location. Concerned about how well hospitals perform for different conditions, or on different topics? We have ratings on many different illnesses, procedures and other topics. Compare hospitals by a condition or topic that you care about. Use the ratings on this site to: Choose a hospital or nursing home where you want to get your care. Advise a family member or friend about what the ratings say. If you don’t have a choice of health care facility: Identify problems at the hospital or nursing home you have to use. Talk about these problems with your doctor to get their help. Make sure a loved one visits you regularly; ask them to watch out for the problems that worry you.

Compare hospitals by health topics. Select to Search Health Topics.

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