Healthcare Quality Report

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) 2004 National Healthcare Quality Report is available online as a full report or in state-by-state "snapshots" that allow viewers to see how their states are doing in about 100 healthcare quality measures. This report, mandated by Congress and published annually by AHRQ, is based on a detailed analysis of measures designed to help track health care quality across the Nation. These statistics and data are not easy reading, but provide deep resources that can "aid community leaders in exploring the quality of healthcare....and working to improve it."