HCUP Award for Outstanding ResearchThe Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Award for Outstanding Research (previously called the Outstanding Article of the Year Award) is a biennial event sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and AcademyHealth. The award recognizes outstanding research published in peer-reviewed journals that used HCUP databases. Winning authors and their research will be announced at the 2025 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM). Work honored demonstrates how HCUP has contributed to addressing healthcare research topics and issues. The call for nominations for articles published from July 1, 2022, - June, 30, 2024 will be open from November 11, 2024 to December 20, 2024. Winners will be notified via email by April 14, 2025 and publicly recognized during the 2025 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) which will be held June 7-10, 2025. Since the inception of this award in 2010, AHRQ has recognized exceptional research conducted using the HCUP databases in the clinical and health policy arenas. This research continues to enhance the public conversation about healthcare costs, outcomes, and trends. Over the years, the award has grown into a distinguished honor among health services researchers with a variety of clinical insights, economic interests, and policy backgrounds. AHRQ is proud of the important work being done with HCUP data and is excited to see what researchers nominate for award consideration. For questions, please contact HCUP_Publications@ahrq.hhs.gov. Contents:Article Criteria
All nominations must have used an HCUP database and been published
in a peer-reviewed journal during the award-specified timeframe and
demonstrate that the work excels in these core criteria:
Return to Contents How to ApplyResearchers may self-nominate or be nominated by another individual (e.g., a colleague of the author or authors). One nomination per author/individual/research group will be accepted. For those nominating an individual, please notify the author. During nomination periods, a Nomination Form will be available here. Selection of WinnersAll applications are reviewed by an internal AHRQ and AcademyHealth HCUP Award Committee. Award recipients will be chosen based on the criteria outlined above. RecognitionWinners will be notified via email by April 14, 2025 and recognized at the 2025 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM). Archive of Award RecipientsFor a complete listing of previous Award recipients, please see Archive of Award Recipients. |
Internet Citation: HCUP Outstanding Article of the Year Award. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). November 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/awards.jsp. |
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