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Evidence-based Practice Centers

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) in 1997 to conduct evidence reports for the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program. In December 2019, the latest 5-year contracts were awarded to 9 EPCs.

The EPCs are housed at universities, medical centers, and research institutions in the United States. The EPCs produce evidence reports on medications, devices, and other healthcare services for the EHC Program with the goal of helping consumers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers make informed and evidence-based healthcare decisions.

Each EPC is made up of medical researchers from a broad range of clinical health and scientific backgrounds. The people who conduct research at the EPCs are medical doctors, pharmacy doctors, psychologists, physical therapists, and other medical specialists. In addition, they are also trained in different types of health research such as epidemiology, health services research, and organizational change research.

All evidence reports are produced in accordance with an established policy on financial and nonfinancial interests (PDF, 400 KB). EPC investigators (PDF, 214 KB) and stakeholders (PDF, 202 KB) who provide input are expected to maintain confidentiality of findings until the final report is released.

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AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Centers

Page last reviewed February 2024
Page originally created September 2017

Internet Citation: Evidence-based Practice Centers. Content last reviewed February 2024. Effective Health Care Program, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/about/epc

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