Chartbook on Rural Health Care

Six Chartbooks Organized Around Priorities of the National Quality Strategy

1. Making care safer by reducing harm caused in the delivery of care.
2. Ensuring that each person and family is engaged as partners in their care.
3. Promoting effective communication and coordination of care.
4. Promoting the most effective prevention and treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality, starting with cardiovascular disease.
5. Working with communities to promote wide use of best practices to enable healthy living.
6. Making quality care more affordable for individuals, families, employers, and governments by developing and spreading new health care delivery models.

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Other Chartbooks Organized Around AHRQ’s Priority Populations

• AHRQ’s priority populations, specified in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-129):
  • Racial and ethnic minority groups.
  • Low-income groups.
  • Women.
  • Children (under age 18).
  • Older adults (age 65 and over).
  • Residents of rural areas.
  • Individuals with special health care needs, including:
    • Individuals with disabilities.
    • Individuals who need chronic care or end-of-life care.

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