Table 1: GPRA Framework Fiscal Year 2001-2002

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Budget line 1: Research on Health Care Costs, Quality, and Outcomes

What the Indicators Address:
Cycle of Research Phase 1: Needs Assessment.
GPRA Goal:
Goal 1: Establish Future Research Agenda Based on User's Needs.

What the Indicators Address:
Cycle of Research Phase 2: Knowledge Creation.
GPRA Goal:
Goal 2: Make significant contributions to the effective functioning of the US health care system through the creation of new knowledge.

What the Indicators Address:
Cycle of Research Phase 3: Translation and Dissemination
GPRA Goal:
Goal 3: Foster translation of new knowledge into practice by developing and providing information, products, and tools on outcomes, quality, access, cost and use of care.

What the Indicators Address:
Cycle of Research Phase 4: Evaluation.
GPRA Goal:
Goal 4: Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of AHRQ research and associated activities.

What the Indicators Address:
Lead role for quality initiative.
GPRA Goal:
Goal 5: Support Department-wide Initiative to Improve Health Care Quality through leadership and research.

Budget line 2: Medical Panel Expenditure Surveys

What the Indicators Address:
Core MEPS activities
GPRA Goal:
Goal 6: Collect current data and create data tapes and associated products on health care use and expenditures for use by public and private-sector decision makers and researchers.

Budget line 3: Program Support

What the Indicators Address:
Agency management activities: contracts management and the AHRQ Intranet.
GPRA Goal:
Goal 7: Support the overall direction and management of AHRQ.

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