Justification of Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees
Fiscal Year 2002

General Statement

Each year, every Federal Agency must develop and present to Congress its budget request for the coming fiscal year. All requests are in the President's Budget, which is presented to Congress in April this year. At the same time, every Agency presents to Congress its own Congressional Justification, which details the Agency's recent accomplishments, how it spent the money that Congress appropriated in the past, and what the Agency hopes to accomplish with the new funds it seeks.

This Statement summarizes budget information submitted to Congress for Fiscal Year 2002 by the the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Submitted as part of the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees both provides background about AHRQ and lays out future priorities for it. Select for Testimony.

In December 1999, with the signing of the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) was reauthorized and renamed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The Act affirms and strengthens the core mission of AHRQ and designates it as the lead Agency in supporting Federal health services research and efforts to improve health care quality.

Contents

• Mission Statement
• Research that Begins and Ends with the User
• The AHRQ Portfolio: A Pipeline of Investment
• How AHRQ's Research Helps People
• Fiscal Year 2002 Priorities: A Summary
  • Priority I: Research and Training Grants
  • Priority II: The National Healthcare Quality Report
  • Priority III: Patient Safety Data Development
  • Priority IV: Information Technology
  • Priority V: The National Healthcare Disparities Report
  • Priority VI: Research Management
  • Priority VII: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Budget Policy
• Budget Activities
  • Health Costs, Quality, and Outcomes (HCQO): Summary (Details)
  • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: Summary (Details)
  • Program Support: Summary (Details)

Current as of April 2001

Internet Citation:

Justification for Budget Estimates for Appropriations Committees, Fiscal Year 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cj2002/cjweb02.htm