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Aging

03/03 Advance Care Planning: Preferences for Care at the End of Life
01/00 Health Services Research on Aging: Building on Biomedical and Clinical Research
05/02 Managing Osteoarthritis: Helping the Elderly Maintain Function and Mobility
04/02 Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease

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AHRQ Research (General)

03/02 Helping the Nation With Health Services Research
06/02 Private-Sector Use of AHRQ Research

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Asthma

02/00 AHRQ Research on Caring for Children With Asthma
09/00 Children and Asthma

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Cancer

01/11 Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women

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Children's Health

02/00 Caring for Children With Asthma
06/04 Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
06/10 Child and Adolescent Health Care, Selected Findings—2009
06/09 Child and Adolescent Health Care, Selected Findings—2008
09/00 Children and Asthma
08/05 Pediatric Asthma, Initiatives to Reduce Disparities
05/12 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2011
02/09 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2008
04/09 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2007
01/07 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2006
12/05 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2005
01/05 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2004
03/03 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2003
03/03 Research on Child and Adolescent Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2002
01/02 Research on Children's Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2001
03/01 Research on Children's Health: New Starts—Fiscal Year 2000
07/09 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Focus on Children & Adolescents
11/01 Vitamin D Supplementation To Prevent Rickets in Breast-Fed Babies

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Comparative Effectiveness Research

11/10 Career Development and Postdoctoral Training Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research

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Computers and Medical Informatics

07/12 Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program
06/02 Medical Informatics for Better and Safer Health Care

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Coronary Artery Disease

01/00 Improving Care for People With Coronary Artery Disease
12/10 Women and Cardiovascular Disease

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Depression

01/00 Improving Quality of Care for People With Depression

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Diabetes

01/00 AHRQ Research on Diabetes Care
04/04 Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care Strategies
11/01 Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
11/01 Improving Care for Diabetes Patients Through Intensive Therapy and a Team Approach

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Guidelines

08/12 National Guideline Clearinghouse™

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Health Care Costs

04/02 AHRQ Research to Reduce Cost and Improve the Quality of Health Care
09/04 Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Trends in Cost and Access
08/01 Focus on Cost-Effectiveness Analysis at AHRQ
09/02 Health Care Costs

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Health Care Delivery

04/06 Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks (ACTION)
10/10 Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks II (ACTION II)

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Health Information Technology

02/07 Health Information Technology Overview
02/06 Health Information Technology Programs
08/10 Health Information Technology: State and Regional Demonstration Projects

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HCUP (Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project)

06/10 Databases and Related Tools from HCUP

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Health Literacy & Cultural Competency

09/07 Health Literacy

Health Services Research

03/02 Helping the Nation With Health Services Research

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Hypertension

04/04 Closing the Quality Gap: Hypertension Care Strategies

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Long-term Care

03/03 Advance Care Planning: Preferences for Care at the End of Life

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Managed Care

03/03 AHRQ Tools for Managed Care

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Medicare and Medicaid

08/02 Medicaid Uses of AHRQ Research
03/02 Medicare Uses of AHRQ Research
08/05 Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Medicaid Care Management

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Medical Errors/Patient Safety

02/00 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
02/05 30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care
10/02 Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety
09/02 Improving Health Care Quality
08/05 Purchaser-Provider Synergies
03/04 Patient Safety Challenge Grants
12/07 Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care
03/01 Reducing and Preventing Adverse Drug Events To Decrease Hospital Costs
03/03 AHRQ Web M&M

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Mental Health

09/09 Mental Health: Research Findings
07/04 Programs and Tools to Improve the Quality of Mental Health Services

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Minority Health

09/10 American Indians and Alaska Natives
05/11 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders
11/01 Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
09/09 Disparities in Health Care Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
05/01 Excellence Centers To Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities (EXCEED)
12/10 Health Care for Minority Women
06/01 Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks
12/01 Reducing Ethnic and Racial Inequities in Health Care

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Outcomes Research

01/08 Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics
03/00 Outcomes Research

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Patient-Centered Care

05/02 Expanding Patient-Centered Care To Empower Patients and Assist Providers

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Pharmaceutical Research

09/02 Prescription Drug Therapies: Reducing Costs and Improving Outcomes

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Pneumonia

07/02 Improving Treatment Decisions for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Primary Care

09/09 AHRQ Activities Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Care Disparities
06/01 Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks
02/02 Primary Care: Where Research and Practice Meet
02/02 Research Agenda for the Center for Primary Care Research

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Quality

03/04 Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies
09/02 Improving Health Care Quality
08/05 Quality Improvement and Performance Measurement in Medicaid Care Management
10/11 Researching Implementation and Change While Improving Quality

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Translating Research Into Practice

03/01 Translating Research Into Practice (TRIP)-II

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Women's Health

01/11 Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women
12/10 Health Care for Minority Women
12/10 Women and Cardiovascular Disease

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