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<h1>2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy</h1>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Each year since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the <em>National Healthcare Quality Report</em> and the <em>National Healthcare Disparities Report</em>. These reports to Congress are mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). Beginning with the 2014 reports, findings on health care quality and health care disparities are integrated into a single document. For the first time, this year's <em>National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report </em>and <em>National Quality Strategy Update</em> is a joint effort addressing the progress made against the National Quality Strategy (NQS) priorities at the 5-year anniversary of the Strategy. The NQS is backed by the <em>National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report</em> data. Integration of these two efforts within AHRQ supports the development of this more comprehensive report on the success of efforts to achieve better health and health care and reduce disparities.</p>
<p>Select for <a href="2015nhqdr.pdf" target="_blank">print version</a> (PDF, 3.24 MB). In addition, you may select separately the <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/intro.html">Introduction and Methods</a> (<a href="2015qdr_intro.pdf">PDF Version</a>, 821 KB).</p>
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<p><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/acknowledgments.html">Acknowledgments</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/executive-summary.html">Executive Summary</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/aims.html">Aims of the National Quality Strategy</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/access.html">Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/quality.html">Quality and Disparities in Quality of Health Care</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/priorities.html">Priorities of the National Quality Strategy</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/looking-forward.html">Looking Forward</a><br /><a href="/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/references.html">References</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/personcentered/index.html">Person- and Family-Centered Care</a> (<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/personcentered/qdr2015-chartbook-personcenteredcare.pdf">PDF</a>, 2 MB)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/index.html">Effective Treatment</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/qdr2015-chartbook-effective.pdf">PDF</a>, 4.7 MB)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/index.html">Care Affordability</a>&nbsp; (<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/qdr2015-chartbook-careaffordability.pdf">PDF</a>, 1.53 MB)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/index.html">Care Coordination</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/qdr2015-chartbook-carecoordination.pdf">PDF</a>, 3 MB)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/index.html">Access</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/qdr2015-chartbook-access.pdf">PDF</a>, 3 MB)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/index.html">Healthy Living</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/qdr2015-chartbook-healthyliving.pdf">PDF</a>, 3.11 MB)</p>
<p><a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/index.html">Health Care for Blacks</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/qdr2015-chartbook-blacks.pdf">PDF</a>, 2.96 MB)</p>
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