Mission Statement

Center for Primary Care Research

The Center for Primary Care Research (CPCR) conducts and supports studies on primary care, and clinical, preventive and public health policies and systems. Specifically CPCR:

1. Manages and conducts research on, and demonstrations and evaluations of, primary care settings and systems.
2. Manages and conducts studies of rural health care services and systems.
3. Directs studies of the care of special populations.
4. Directs studies of the effectiveness of education, supply, and distribution of the health care workforce.
5. Represents the Agency in meetings with international and domestic experts and organizations concerned with primary care.

Current as of August 2001

Internet Citation:

Mission Statement: Center for Primary Care Research. August 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. htp://www.ahrq.gov/about/cpcr/cpcrmiss.htm