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Q: How do I cite AHRQ in APA format?

How do I cite AHRQ in APA format?

In your question you mentioned who you want to cite, but not what you want to cite - their website, a publication by the AHRQ, etc - so I can only partially answer your question.

I am assuming it would be a webpage. In that case APA has a basic form - author | date | title of page | URL retrieval statement.

Unless you see the specific name of an individual cited as the author of information you can assume it is a corporate author, in this case the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Your citation would look like this (with you substituting your information for my made-up information).

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2017, June 5). Really interesting stuff. Retrieved       from https://www.ahrq.gov/reallyinterestingstuff.html

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Answered By: Todd White Last Updated: Dec 13, 2019     Views: 8442

In your question you mentioned who you want to cite, but not what you want to cite - their website, a publication by the AHRQ, etc - so I can only partially answer your question.

I am assuming it would be a webpage. In that case APA has a basic form - author | date | title of page | URL retrieval statement.

Unless you see the specific name of an individual cited as the author of information you can assume it is a corporate author, in this case the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Your citation would look like this (with you substituting your information for my made-up information).

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2017, June 5). Really interesting stuff. Retrieved       from https://www.ahrq.gov/reallyinterestingstuff.html

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How to Cite U.S. Government Documents in APA Citation Style: Government Agencies

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Reports, Press Releases, Issue Briefs. Policy Briefs, etc.

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• Title of Report or Title of Report (Report No. __)
• If it's not a report, but something fuzzier, like a press release, policy brief, etc. (so-called "gray literature), include a description in brackets. e.g., [Press Release] following the title.
• Publisher name (unless the publisher IS the group author)

Tip: It is often easier to identify the relevant elements of the citation by consulting a catalog entry (worldcat or your library's catalog) or by downloading the full report as a pdf and checking the cover pages.

1st Example: Multi-layered agency

Sample report: Evaluation of Impacts to Underground Sources of Drinking Water by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs .

• (Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 2004)
• Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (2004)

Reference List:

Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. (2004, June). Evaluation of Impacts to Underground Sources of Drinking Water by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs . (EPA 816-R-04-003). Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water. https://permanent.fdlp.gov/websites/epagov/www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/cbmstudy/docs.html

Explanation: When there are multiple layers in the agency name, use the most specific layer. The governing agenc(ies) will be in the publisher element. When a report number is listed, include this in parentheses following the title. In this case, a published month was also identified, so it was included, according the template on p.329 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2020).

2nd Example: No report number.

Acidity in Lakes and Streams

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Explanation. It is permissible to use abbreviations for well-known government agencies to shorten the parenthetical citation.

Reference List

• Environmental Protection Agency. Report on the Environment. (2018, August). Acidity in Lakes and Streams. https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator.cfm?i=12

Explanation:

• Do not abbreviate agency names in the Reference List.
• You may have to search to find a date. In this case, there is a section on documentation that lists the "last date updated." It is entered according to the template on page 329 of the Publication Manual (2020) e.g., (2020, May 2)
• Since the author is also the publisher, it is not repeated after the title.
• Determining the type of document is not always straightforward. The important principle, always, is to include the information in a manner that will allow your reader to easily locate the document and understand where it fits in the hierarchy of agency publications.

Sample report: A Reconciliation between the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index

• (McCully et al., 2007)

Note: For in-text citations with 2 others, include both surnames, joined by an ampersand (&). With 3 or more, use the first surname, followed by et al..

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Note: When jointly published by two agencies, connect with amerpsand (&). When jointly published by three or more, connect with commas.

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Explanation: If an issue brief is not numbered, indicate [Issue Brief] in square brackets. (Publication Manual of the APA, 2020, p. 331)

Issue Brief, Numbered

Example: Social Security reform: the Nature of the Problem

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Explanation: Include numbered issue briefs in parentheses (rather than square brackets) (Publication Manual of the APA, 2020, p. 331)

Example: Document type not explicitly identified*

• Environmental Protection Agency. Report on the Environment. (August, 2018). Acidity in Lakes and Streams. https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator.cfm?i=12
• You may have to search to find a date. In this case, there is a section on documentation that lists the "last date updated."
• * Determining the type of document is not always straightforward. Use your best judgement. I decided that this could follow the template for an unnumbered report (above) or an issue brief, even though this was not explicitly stated on the website, because the content is regularly updated around a specific issue.
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CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK Cronin, S. N. & Miracle, K. (2005). Management of clients with lower airway and pulmonary vessel disorders. In J.M. Black & J.H. Hawks (Eds.), Medical-surgical nursing: Clinical management for positive outcomes (7th ed., pp. 1807-1836). Elsevier Saunders.

CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK FROM GALE EBOOKS (Note: Same as above) Bielawski, D. M. (2012). Traditional healing. In R. P. Capriccioso & P. Moglia (Eds.), Complementary and alternative medicine (Vol. 4, pp. 1309-1313). Salem Press.

COCHRANE SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS Ramaratnam, S., & Sridharan, K. (2000). Yoga for epilepsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 2000(3), Article CD001524. ( Note : When CD number is not given, leave out the "Article CDxxxxx" part of the citation). ENTRY IN ENCYCLOPEDIA Atkins, W. A. (2018). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In J.L. Longe, (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of nursing & allied health (4th ed., Vol. 2., pp. 54-56). Gale.

JOURNAL ARTICLE Rios, J., & Passe, M. (2004). Evidence-based use of botanicals, minerals, and vitamins in the prophylactic treatment of migraines. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners , 16 (6), 251-256.

JOURNAL ARTICLE WITH DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) Belavic, J. (2011).  Migraine prophylactics. Nursing , 41 (5), 67-68. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000396444.97122.ac WEBPAGE (BASIC FORMAT)

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NOTE : If there isn't a date available for the webpage, use (n.d.) for no date.   Retrieval Date:   Use only for a webpage whose contents are likely to change over time. 

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When there is no author for a webpage , the title moves to the first position in the reference entry.  For example:

New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Microsoft News. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_13178.asp

See also:   APA webpage examples

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Diagnostic error was found to be one of the most prominent patient safety risks at the Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein (SBIBAE), a tertiary care health system in São Paolo, Brazil. This health system consists of five high-complexity hospitals, two private (with 746 beds) and three public (with 889 beds) and provides both inpatient and outpatient care. The health system uses an anonymous incident reporting system, enabling employees to report potential adverse events, near-misses, or areas of risk across the entire health system.

Over the past 8 years, a specialized team made up of nurses, doctors, and medical specialists has analyzed these adverse events using the Root Cause Analysis and Action (RCA2) methodology. 1 An analysis of 276 severe and catastrophic adverse events from 2016 to 2022 found that diagnostic errors contributed to 23 percent of all events.

The analysis led health system leaders to identify the diagnostic process as a critical issue that needs to be addressed to improve patient safety. To ensure the implementation of actions and interventions to reduce diagnostic safety events, we created a new Diagnostic Excellence Program with the endorsement of the institution's leadership. This program aimed to integrate and prioritize several fragmented initiatives across the institution and provide them with support.

To inform the development of the Diagnostic Excellence Program, we first conducted a survey-based assessment of physician perspectives on the culture of diagnostic safety at our institution. This case study describes how we used our survey to create an initial approach to developing and implementing a program to recognize and address diagnostic errors. The survey was adapted from AHRQ’s Medical Office Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set. 2

Internet Citation: Introduction. Content last reviewed August 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-culture-survey-brazil-intro.html