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Government Offices, Research Institutes, Professional
Associations
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Consumer related health information includes research, statistics, quality indicators and a variety of
other resources. Some data arranged by population.
- Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
- Use the search feature to retrieve articles about specific patient
populations or diseases.
- Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- A wealth of statistical data related to the U.S. health care system,
including user satisfaction surveys, statistics, trends, reports, and
research. Utilization statistics of Medicare and Medicaid by racial
and ethnic minorities.
- Department of Health
and Human Services
- Search by disease, condition, or population group.
- HealthFinder
- Searchable consumer health and services information from the U.S.
government.
- Healthy
People
- Comprehensive health agenda for the U.S.; goals are to increase life
expectancy, reduce health disparities in different population groups,
and achieve access to preventive health services. Check the "data sources"
area for statistics.
- National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- Research, training and information on complementary and alternative
medicine for practitioners and consumers.
- National Institutes
of Health
- Links to databases, program explanations, and publications.
- Office of Minority
Health
- Consult the Database section of this U.S. government website
for a variety of subjects, including information about organizations
and programs. Read the searching instructions before proceeding, as
the interface is cumbersome and does not always function as intended.
A number publications are available for downloading or viewing in Adobe
Acrobat format. These include: Closing the Gap, a monthly newsletter
addressing a variety of topics, Pocket Guide to Minority Health Resources
Sources of Health Materials, and Breast Cancer & Minorities: A Resource
Guide. Useful, though brief information, may also be found in the press
releases section.
- Transcultural Nursing
Society
- Interactive discussion forums, links, essays.
- World Health Organization
- Disease information, health policies, statistics.
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