Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2101 East Jefferson Street Rockville, MD
20852 http://www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. 290-97-0018 Task Order No. 2 Technical Support of the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force
Prepared by: Oregon Health Sciences University Evidence-based Practice Center,
Portland, Oregon Jeanne-Marie Guise, M.D., MPH Susan Mahon, MPH Mikel Aickin, PhD
Mark Helfand, MD, MPH
AHRQ Publication No. 01-S001
April 2001
On December 6, 1999, under Public Law 106-129, the Agency for Health Care Policy
Research (AHCPR) was reauthorized and renamed the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ). The law authorizes AHRQ to continue its research on the cost,
quality, and outcomes of health care, and expands its role to improve patient safety
and address medical errors.
This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of
clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or a basis for
reimbursement and coverage policies. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.
Prepared for: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2101 East Jefferson Street Rockville, MD
20852 http://www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. 290-97-0018 Task Order No. 2 Technical Support of the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force
Prepared by: Oregon Health Sciences University Evidence-based Practice Center,
Portland, Oregon Jeanne-Marie Guise, M.D., MPH Susan Mahon, MPH Mikel Aickin, PhD
Mark Helfand, MD, MPH
AHRQ Publication No. 01-S001
April 2001
On December 6, 1999, under Public Law 106-129, the Agency for Health Care Policy
Research (AHCPR) was reauthorized and renamed the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ). The law authorizes AHRQ to continue its research on the cost,
quality, and outcomes of health care, and expands its role to improve patient safety
and address medical errors.
This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for development of
clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or a basis for
reimbursement and coverage policies. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.
