Preferred Label : united states agency for healthcare research and quality;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : agency for health care policy and research; united states agency for health care policy and research; agency for healthcare research and quality (u.s.);
MeSH annotation : add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT,
U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry;
Origin ID : D016270;
UMLS CUI : C0080268;
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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.
