Research Links
Academy
for Health Services Research and Health Policy - www.academyhealth.org
The Academy provides a professional home and technical assistance
resource for researchers and policy professionals. Committed to
the vision of improving health and health care by generating new
knowledge and moving knowledge into action, the Academy seeks
to stimulate the development, understanding, and use of the best
available health services research and health policy information
by public and private decision makers.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - www.ahcpr.gov
The lead agency charged with supporting research designed to improve
the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access
to essential services.
American Association
of Retired People - www.aarp.org
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association dedicated to shaping
and enriching the experience of aging for our members and for
all Americans. Founded in 1958, AARP today is the nation's largest
organization of midlife and older persons, with more than 30 million
members.
American Council
on Science and Health - www.acsh.org
ACSH is a non-profit, consumer education organization dedicated
to providing the public with mainstream scientific information
on issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
lifestlye, the environment and health.
American Enterprise
Institute - www.aei.org
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is
dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom—
government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions,
and a strong foreign policy and national defense— scholarly
research, open debate, and publications. Founded in 1943 and located
in Washington, D.C., AEI is one of America's largest and most
respected "think tanks."
American Social
Health Association - www.ashastd.org
The American Social Health Association is recognized by the public,
patients, providers and policy makers for developing and delivering
accurate, medically reliable information about STDs. Public and
college health clinics across the US order ASHA educational pamphlets
and books to give to clients and students.
California Healthcare
Foundation - www.chcf.org
To expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved
individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements
in the health status of the people of California.
Center for
Studying Health System Change - www.hschange.com
The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) is a non-partisan
policy research organization. HSC provides incisive, timely analyses
about the effects of health system change to inform the thinking
and decisions of policy makers in government and industry.
Cattaneo
& Stroud, Inc. - www.cattaneostroud.com
Health care consulting specialists that provide a variety of services
to health care businesses. On this site you can find the latest
"HMO Enrollment Survey."
Employee Benefit
Research Institute (EBRI) - www.ebri.org
EBRI is the only nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed
exclusively to data dissemination, policy research, and education
on economic security and employee benefits.
The Foundation
for Accountability - www.facct.org
The Foundation for Accountability—is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to helping Americans make better health care decisions.
To achieve this goal, FACCT creates tools that help people understand
and use quality information, develops consumer-focused quality
measures, supports public education about health care quality,
supports efforts to gather and provide quality information, and
encourages health policy to empower and inform consumers.
The Georgetown
Institute for Health Care Research & Policy - www.healthprivacy.org
The Health Privacy Project is dedicated to raising public awareness
of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve
health care access and quality, both on an individual and a community
level.
Guide
to Health Economics, Medical & Pharmacy Resources - www.healtheconomics.com
Continuously updated by experienced health economists, this web
site is devoted to internet resources ranging from job opportunities
to journals reporting on the cost-effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals.
Health Improvement
Institute - www.hii.org
An educational organization, whose primary goal is to provide
information to patients, health care providers, policy-makers
and the public about available health care choices and alternatives,
to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to make informed
health care choices.
Health Industry
Market Intelligency Database - www.aispub.com
Develops highly targeted news, data and strategic information
for managers in hospitals, managed care plans, medical group practices,
pharmaceutical companies and other health care organizations.
Health System
Change - www.hschange.org
The Center for Studying Health System Change is a Washington-based
research organization dedicated to studying how the country's
health care systems are changing and how those changes are affecting
people at the community level.
IPRO - www.ipro.org
This site includes an audit of Medicare HEDIS data, consumer health
information, a listing of health-related events and more. IPRO
is an independent, not-for-profit corporation committed to assessing
and improving the value of health care services received by consumers
through the use of innovative methods and technologies.
Kaiser Family Foundation - www.kff.org
An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care
issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice
and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media,
the health care community, and the general public.
The Lewin Group - www.lewin.com
The Lewin Group's worldwide staff is drawn from the highest levels
of business and government and from all of the disciplines required
to add value to healthcare service delivery for people, systems,
and companies.
Mathematica
Policy Research, Inc. - www.mathematica-mpr.com
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., is known for its objective
research to support decisions about our nation's social
policy problems. The firm has conducted studies of health care,
welfare, education, employment, nutrition, and early childhood
policies and programs in the United States.
Medi-Cal Policy
Institute - www.medi-cal.org
The Medi-Cal Policy Institute's mission is to bring clear, concise
data and analysis to the people who develop Medi-Cal policy, who
provide health care services, and who care about the program.
As an independent, nonpartisan source of information on the Medi-Cal
program, the Institute seeks to facilitate the development of
effective policy solutions with the interests of Medi-Cal recipients
guiding this work.
Medscape - www.medscape.com
The leading interactive, multi-specialty, commercial web service
for clinicians and consumers. Literally thousands of articles
that can be easily downloaded. Also has a direct link to Medline.
Milliman &
Robertson - www.milliman.com
M&R is a firm of actuaries and consultants serving the full
spectrum of business, governmental and financial organizations.
National Committee
on Quality Assusrance - www.ncqa.org
The premier source for information about the quality of the nation's
managed care plans.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers - www.pwcglobal.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services
organisation, helps its clients resolve complex business issues
and measurably enhances their ability to build value, manage risk
and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world.
RAND Health - www.rand.org
A nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking
through research and analysis.
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation - www.rwjf.org
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was established as a national
philanthropy in 1972 and today it is the largest US foundation
devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
The Foundation concentrates its grantmaking in three areas:
to insure that all Americans have access to basic health care
at a reasonable cost;
to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions; and
to promote health and prevent disease by reducing the harm caused
by substance abuse — tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs.
Stanford
University, Center for Health Policy - http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu
Stanford University's Center for Health Policy (CHP) and the Center
for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR) are dedicated to
providing reliable information for health policy and health care
delivery to public and private sector decision-makers.
UCLA, School of Public Health - www.ph.ucla.edu
The School of Public Health is a component of the renowned UCLA
Center for the Health Sciences.
Urban Institute - www.urban.org
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy research organization
whose goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and
efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their
implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important
public choices.
