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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Government > Government Agencies > Federal Government > United States Government Agencies > United States Dept. of Health and Human Services > United States Public Health Service > United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U.S.)
  • United States Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Note

  • add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

Scope note

  • An agency of the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE established in 1990 to "provide indexing, abstracting, translating, publishing, and other services leading to a more effective and timely dissemination of information on research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care to public and private entities and individuals engaged in the improvement of health care delivery..." It supersedes the National Center for Health Services Research. The United States Agency for Health Care Policy and Research was renamed Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016270

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