AHRQ's Effective Healthcare Program

OVERVIEW OF AHRQ's Effective Healthcare Program

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

As one of 12 agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports health services research to improve the quality of health care and to promote evidence-based decision making.

AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program produces free resources on an ongoing basis. Summary guides, research reports, research reviews, continuing medical education/continuing education (CME/CE) modules, and other resources are available for the following priority health
conditions:

[Click here to go to the AHRQ's Guides for Clinicians listed below]

• Arthritis and non-traumatic joint disorders
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular disease, including stroke and hypertension
• Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease
• Depression and other mental health disorders
• Developmental delays, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism
• Diabetes mellitus
• Functional limitations and disability (research in progress)
• Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS (research in progress)
  Obesity (research in progress)
• Peptic ulcer disease and dyspepsia
• Pregnancy, including preterm birth
• Pulmonary disease/asthma
• Substance abuse (research in progress)

You can order free printed copies of summary guides, research reports, and research reviews by contacting the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 800–358–9295 or at AHRQpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.

Please reference the AHRQ publication number and the promotional code C-02.

To learn more about the program or to download materials please visit
www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov.