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AHRQ: Hospital Acquired-Conditions Decline by Nearly 1 Million

By NCHA on February 3, 2019 / NewsLine Weekly

Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 13 percent between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in healthcare costs, according to preliminary data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HACs decreased by an estimated 910,000 over the period, including a 37