National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports Tools for measuring health care quality, including the National Healthcare Disparities and Quality Reports, AHRQ Quality Indicators, and ambulatory clinical performance measures. For the ninth year in a row, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). These reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. New this year are chapters on care coordination, health system infrastructure. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care.National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)2011 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 4.89 MB] | State Snapshots -- Order Online2010 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 27.53 MB] | State Snapshots2009 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 3.14 MB] | State Snapshots2008 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 2.42 MB] | State SnapshotsNational Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR)2011 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 11.2 MB] | State Snapshots -- Order Online2010 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 31.46 MB] | State Snapshots2009 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 7.9 MB] | State Snapshots2008 Web Version | PDF Version [ - 2.61 MB] | State SnapshotsRelated InformationNHQRDRnet Data Query SystemBackground on the Measures Development Process for the NHQRList of Measures for the NHQRBackground on the Measures Development Process for the NHDR Current as of September 2012 Internet Citation: National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports. September 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html