Slides Presentation: AHRQ Fiscal Year 2003 Budget

This is the text version of a slide presentation about the President's Budget Request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Slide 1: Agency for Healthcare Research (AHRQ) Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Budget Request.

Slide 2: Budget Request for FY 2003: $251,700,000, a decrease of $48,659,000 or 16.2 percent from the FY 2002 level of $300,359,000.

Slide 3: Appropriation History, FY 1990-2003 (in Millions of Dollars): 1990, $98; 1991, $115; 1992, $120; 1993, $128; 1994, $154; 1995, $159; 1996, $125; 1997, $144; 1998, $147; 1999, $171; 2000, $204; 2001, $271; 2002, $300; 2003, $252.

Slide 4: Pie chart showing total budget request for FY 2003, with amounts that are protected or unprotected:

• $192.1 million that are earmarked (fully funded items).
• $ 59.6 million unprotected (require some reduction to commitments).

Slide 5: FY 2003 Request Earmarked Components:

• Patient safety increases by $5 million to $60 million.
• MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey).
• National reports on quality and disparities.
• TRIP (Translation Research Into Practice).
• HCUP (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project).
• CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Health Plans).
• Expansion of Current Population Survey.

Slide 6: Potential Impact of Proposed Earmarks if proposed budget is enacted:

• No new grants or contacts.
• 46 percent cut in existing grants.
• 31 percent cut in existing contacts.

Slide 7: Examples of Grant Programs Eligible for Reduction:

• Investigator-initiated Research = $32.4 Million.
• PBRNs (Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks) = $2.0 Million.
• CERTs (Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics) = $3.4 Million.
• Healthcare Markets & Managed Care = $2.7 Million.
• EXCEED (Excellence Centers To Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities) = $6.0 Million.
• Workings Conditions Domestic Violence = $1.1 Million.
• M-RISP (Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program) = $2.2 Million.
• K Awards (Career Development Awards) = $2.6 Million.

Slide 8: Numbers of New Grants: FY 1999-FY 2003 Requests:

• FY 1999: 24 new large grants; 37 new training grants; 85 new small or conference grants.
• FY 2000: 32 new large grants; 74 new training grants; 119 new small or conference grants.
• FY 2001: 35 new large grants; 73 new training grants; 123 new small or conference grants.
• FY 2002: 28 new large grants; 61 new training grants; 74 new small or conference grants.
• FY 2003 Request: 7 new large grants; 0 new training grants; 0 new training or conference grants.

Slide 9: Numbers of New Large Grants (Excluding Patient Safety), FY 1999-FY 2003 Request:

• 1999, 85 new large grants.
• 2000, 119 new large grants.
• 2001, 63 new large grants.
• 2002, 74 new large grants.
• 2003 Request, 0 new large grants.

Slide 10: Contracts Eligible for Reduction:

• Evidence-based Practice Centers = $3.0 Million.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse = $1.2 Million.
• Integrated Delivery System Research Networks = $1.2 Million.
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse = $2.1 Million.

Slide 11: Research Coordination Council:

• Established October 2001.
• Chaired by Bobby Jindal, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
• Goal: improved integration and coordination of research throughout the Department.
• Members: All Agencies and Staff Offices that conduct or sponsor research demonstration, or evaluation activities.

Slide 12: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Organizational Chart). All organizational units under the Office of Director:

Offices:

• Research Review, Education, and Policy
• Priority Populations Research
• Management
• Health Care Information

Centers:

• Cost and Financing Studies
• Organization and Delivery Studies
• Outcomes and Effectiveness Research
• Primary Care Research
• Practice and Technology Assessment
• Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Current as of March 2002

Internet Citation:

Slides Presentation: AHRQ Fiscal Year 2003 Budget. Text version. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cjweb2003/slidtxt.htm

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