The National Health Quality Report (NHQR) is a collaborative effort among agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of the NHQR is
1. Reporting on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's goal for the year
2. To describe the yearly activities of the agency
3. To ensure national quality of services
4. Providing documentation of whether health care quality is stable, improving, or declining over time
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The NHQR is intended to serve a number of purposes, including the documentation of whether health care quality is stable, improving, or declining over time.
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