Health Policy Toolkit
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Health Policy may also be referred to in the literature, including MEDLINE, as medical policy, national health policy, policy making, health care costs.
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- AltPressIndex
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
- MEDLINE
The preeminent biomedical database in the world.
- PAIS International
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) has published indexes and abstracts that help people identify and locate documents about important political, economic, and social issues. It continues its mission today through the PAIS International databases and PAIS Archive.
- Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Major areas of coverage include: Culture and social structure, Health and medicine and law, Policy, and more.
- Lexis Nexis Statistical (research edition)
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications selected to meet academic research needs. Resources include health and medical journals, English and foreign language newspapers, over 400 magazines and journals, SEC filings and reports, and federal and state legal cases.
- ABI/Inform via Proquest
Most scholarly and comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic issues. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles.
- GPO Monthly Catalog via WorldCat
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.) and includes a bibliographic citation in each record.
Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z.
MED Reference RA 395.A3 R685 2003.
An Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System. 5 th ed.
Bellevue Book Stacks RA395.A3 J665 2003.
The Managed Health Care Handbook. 4 th ed.
Bellevue Book Stacks RA413.M28 2001.
At risk in America: the health and health care needs of vulnerable populations in the United States.
MED Book Stacks RA418.5.P6 A3 1993.
Women's health care: activist traditions and institutional change.
MED Book Stacks RA564.85 .W435 1998.
The care of strangers: the rise of America 's hospital system.
MED Book Stacks RA981.A2 R59 1987.
In sickness and in wealth: American hospitals in the twentieth century.
MED Book Stacks RA981.A2 S74 1989.
The politics of medicare.
MED Book Stacks RA412.3 .M37 2000.
Managed care : what it is and how it works.
MED Book Stacks RA413.5.U5 K655 1998.
When science offers salvation: patient advocacy and research ethics.
MED Book Stacks R727.45 .D74 2001.
Changing the U.S. health care system: key issues in health services, policy, and management.
MED Book Stacks A3 C478 1996.
To err is human: building a safer health system
MED Book Stacks R729.8 .T6 2000
- The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group is an initiative driven by organizations that buy health care who are working to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare for Americans. It is a voluntary program aimed at mobilizing employer purchasing power to alert America ’s health industry that big leaps in health care safety, quality and customer value will be recognized and rewarded. The Leapfrog Group was founded by a small group of large employers, initially supported by the Business Roundtable (BRT) and launched in November 2000. Leapfrog is supported by the BRT, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Leapfrog members and others.
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Formerly named the Health Care Financing Administration(HCFA), CMS oversees the operation of Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP. It is also responsible for implementing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and various provisions of HIPAA. Medicaid, is a joint federal-state program, which provides health care services to Americans with low incomes. Medicaid is an entitlement, whose eligibility standards and payment rates for medical care are decided at the state level. Medicaid in 2001 covered only about 40 percent of those with incomes under the federal poverty line. Medicare is a federal program, signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson, which provides health care services to elderly and disabled Americans. As part of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, Congress beefed up preventive coverage.
- Department of Health and Human Services
HHS oversees federal health agencies and programs, including NIH, CDC, and Medicare and Medicaid. Officially created in 1980, HHS is the umbrella organization representing, eight research and health delivery agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It has the largest budget of any agency of the federal government, and is also the federal government’s largest grant-making agency. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s preeminent biomedical research institution with nineteen separate institutes.
- THOMAS – Legislative Information on the Internet
Maintained by the Library of Congress, THOMAS is the official site for online information related to Congress. The site also includes links to House and Senate committees.
- Alliance for Health Reform
A nonpartisan think tank that produces publications and holds briefings on a variety of health policy issues currently before Congress and the nation.
- Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
This center conducts research on health, welfare, and tax issues.
- National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCQA develops standards for and accredits managed care organizations.
- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Pronounced ARC, this agency leads federal efforts to address health services research by university affiliated researchers, medical errors and patient safety. This agency created 12 evidence based practice centers to try and determine which interventions are most effective.
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The largest of the health policy philanthropies based in Princeton , NJ .
- American Health Care Association
This interest group represents the long-term care community including: nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and “subacute” care providers.
- American Hospital Association
The AHA represents approximately five thousand community hospitals and health networks in the US .
- Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
This body sets the standard for the nation’s 7,400 medical residency programs in each of the 26 recognized medical specialties. Standards for each speciality are updated approximately every 5 years to account for new discoveries, techniques, and changes in practice patterns.
- American Association of Health Plans (AAHP)
This is the leading organization representing the managed care industry. Members include HMO’s, PPO’s, and other network-based plans.
- American Medical Assocation (AMA)
Founded in 1847, the organization represents less than half of the nations’ medical doctors.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA, P.L. 101-336)
Balanced Budget Act, (P.L. 105-33)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, P.L. 104-191)
Medical Device User Fee Act (P.L. 107-250)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (P.L. 100-360)
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (P.L. 101-535)
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (P.L. 101-508)
Orphan Drug Act (P.L. 97-414)
- Go to Electronic Resources on the library homepage
- Click on Biomedical Databases
- Select Lexis Nexis
- Select Search for Other Information
- Select Congressional
- Select CIS Index
- Select Legislative Histories by Number
- Select Public Law
- Type in the number of the law after the name of the statute above, e.g. P.L. 97 414
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