What is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)?

Answer ID 2   |    Published 06/23/2006 12:18 PM   |    Updated 04/24/2012 07:40 AM
What is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)?

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), complementing the biomedical research mission of its sister agency, the National Institutes of Health. AHRQ is a home to research centers that specialize in major areas of health care research such as quality improvement and patient safety, outcomes and effectiveness of care, clinical practice and technology assessment, and health care organization and delivery systems. It is also a major source of funding and technical assistance for health services research and research training at leading U.S. universities and other institutions, as well as a science partner, working with the public and private sectors to build the knowledge base for what works—and does not work—in health and health care and to translate this knowledge into everyday practice and policymaking.

For more information, go to the AHRQ Mission and Budget page at http://www.ahrq.gov/about/budgtix.htm.

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