Slides Presentation: AHRQ Fiscal Year 2003 Budget

This is the text version of a slide presentation about the President's Budget Request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Slide 1: Agency for Healthcare Research (AHRQ) Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Budget Request.

Slide 2: Budget Request for FY 2003: $251,700,000, a decrease of $48,659,000 or 16.2 percent from the FY 2002 level of $300,359,000.

Slide 3: Appropriation History, FY 1990-2003 (in Millions of Dollars): 1990, $98; 1991, $115; 1992, $120; 1993, $128; 1994, $154; 1995, $159; 1996, $125; 1997, $144; 1998, $147; 1999, $171; 2000, $204; 2001, $271; 2002, $300; 2003, $252.

Slide 4: Pie chart showing total budget request for FY 2003, with amounts that are protected or unprotected:

$192.1 million that are earmarked (fully funded items).
$ 59.6 million unprotected (require some reduction to commitments).

Slide 5: FY 2003 Request Earmarked Components:

Patient safety increases by $5 million to $60 million.
MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey).
National reports on quality and disparities.
TRIP (Translation Research Into Practice).
HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project).
CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Health Plans).
Expansion of Current Population Survey.

Slide 6: Potential Impact of Proposed Earmarks if proposed budget is enacted:

No new grants or contacts.
46 percent cut in existing grants.
31 percent cut in existing contacts.

Slide 7: Examples of Grant Programs Eligible for Reduction:

Investigator-initiated Research = $32.4 Million.
PBRNs (Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks) = $2.0 Million.
CERTs (Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics) = $3.4 Million.
Healthcare Markets & Managed Care = $2.7 Million.
EXCEED (Excellence Centers To Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities) = $6.0 Million.
Workings Conditions Domestic Violence = $1.1 Million.
M-RISP (Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program) = $2.2 Million.
K Awards (Career Development Awards) = $2.6 Million.

Slide 8: Numbers of New Grants: FY 1999-FY 2003 Requests:

FY 1999: 24 new large grants; 37 new training grants; 85 new small or conference grants.
FY 2000: 32 new large grants; 74 new training grants; 119 new small or conference grants.
FY 2001: 35 new large grants; 73 new training grants; 123 new small or conference grants.
FY 2002: 28 new large grants; 61 new training grants; 74 new small or conference grants.
FY 2003 Request: 7 new large grants; 0 new training grants; 0 new training or conference grants.

Slide 9: Numbers of New Large Grants (Excluding Patient Safety), FY 1999-FY 2003 Request:

1999, 85 new large grants.
2000, 119 new large grants.
2001, 63 new large grants.
2002, 74 new large grants.
2003 Request, 0 new large grants.

Slide 10: Contracts Eligible for Reduction:

Evidence-based Practice Centers = $3.0 Million.
National Guideline Clearinghouse = $1.2 Million.
Integrated Delivery System Research Networks = $1.2 Million.
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse = $2.1 Million.

Slide 11: Research Coordination Council:

Established October 2001.
Chaired by Bobby Jindal, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Goal: improved integration and coordination of research throughout the Department.
Members: All Agencies and Staff Offices that conduct or sponsor research demonstration, or evaluation activities.

Slide 12: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Organizational Chart). All organizational units under the Office of Director:

Offices:

Research Review, Education, and Policy
Priority Populations Research
Management
Health Care Information

Centers:

Cost and Financing Studies
Organization and Delivery Studies
Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
Primary Care Research
Practice and Technology Assessment
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Current as of March 2002

Internet Citation:

Slides Presentation: AHRQ Fiscal Year 2003 Budget. Text version. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cj2003/slidtxt.htm