WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ) PROGRAM?

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Access The Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website and select one of the multiple funded programs available to research.
Write a 1,500-1,750-word essay addressing the following questions with regard to your chosen program. Use at least three to five academic sources in writing this paper.

What is the mission and budget?
What is the strategic plan of the program?
What do they do to control the quality of health care?
What do they do for cost containment?
How are they aligned with health care professionals?
Is this a valuable program or a waste of taxpayer money? If the program has faults, how could it be improved or should it be abandoned? Be prepared to defend your position.

4. Mission and Budget
Read “Mission and Budget,” located on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website (2015).
http://www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/mission/index.html

Q2

To complete this Assignment, write a 2- to 3-page paper, which addresses the following:

What types of end-of-life advance directives does your jurisdiction allow?
After completing the document, assess your feelings about the process. Was the document simple to complete for you? Was it challenging? Expand on your feelings of planning ahead for end-of-life decisions.
What factors contributed to you selecting the specific document that you completed?
What legal issues did you consider when you were completing the end-of-life document?
What ethical factors and principles did you consider when completing the end-of-life document?
Should healthcare providers be required to honor advance directives regardless of personal belief and institutional settings?