Health Policy

Health Policy

Health Policy Links

• Families USA A national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.
  
• National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations An association of national nonprofit health and human service organizations bound by a common concern for the effective delivery of health and human services to the American people, especially those in need.
  
• The John A. Hartford Foundation Focuses on increasing the nation's capacity to provide effective and affordable elder care, and concentrates on the practice of health care as the point where policy becomes reality for every older American.
  
• Academy for Health Services Research Technical assistance resource for researchers and policy professionals.
  
• Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research Interdisciplinary research Institute focusing on local, state and national health care and policy issues.
  
• Minnesota COACT (Citizens Organized ACting Together) A grassroots, nonprofit membership organization that focuses on health care reform and farm policy.
  
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Health Research Studies that span the changes taking place in the health care system. Includes short-term policy projects as well as longer-term evaluations. Most evaluations also include a cost-effectiveness analysis.
  
• Human Rights and the Aids Crisis: The Debate Over Resources International human-rights standards can help point a useful direction while we prepare ourseleves to face a new public-health challenge that has come to the fore in the fight against AIDS.
  
• Health Publications of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The Center is a research institute that conducts analyses on gov't policies and programs.
  
• Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University Center focusing on health services research, public health, health policy and the social sciences with a strong set of applied research and policy analysis initiatives.
  
• Health Systems Research, Inc. - Publications Health Systems Research, Inc. (HSR) is a public policy research and consulting firm that provides program and technical support to publicly-funded health and human services agencies, as well as to not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations. This site provides general information about HSR's services and staff and allows visitors to download publications on a wide range of health- and welfare-related topics.
  
• The Lewin Group A healthcare policy research and management consulting firm.
  
• Health Care Reform News and Views Regular updates of news and views on health care reform issues commonly ignored by the mainstream media. Link and bibliography. Published by the Heartland Institute.
  
• Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange Portal site for health policy information on the Web.
  
• Kaisernetwork News and information on health policy issues, including Medicare, Medicaid, children's health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, health care advertising, minority health, and health reform.
  
• Health Information for Development Project Aims to establish a global network of 1,000 health information resource centres that will provide locally appropriate content on health issues. The project is intended to reinforce existing health services and education systems, not replace them.
  
• Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change The Council, based at Brandeis University, presents the findings of nationally-recognized health policy experts on emerging health policy issues, such as medicare reform, managed care regulation and the uninsured.
  
• National Organization of Physicians Who Care PWC believes the responsibility for medical care belongs first and foremost to physicians and patients.
  
• American Academy of Family Physicians Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care Brings a family practice and primary care perspective to health policy deliberations.
  
• The Commonwealth Fund The Commonwealth Fund is a private nonpartisan foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.
  
• WHO Guidelines for Health Workers Site devoted to civic involvement in health. Can health systems be more effective by involving civil society? What tools are needed to engage with civil society?
  
• Almanac of Policy Issues: Health Policy Comprehensive links and background information on U.S. health policy.
  
• Health Care for All (ACP-ASIM) The American College of physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine recently put statistical information as well as part of their efforts to sway Congress and 2000 Presidential candidiates on the internet. Interesting studies and information presented.
  
• Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights California-based, non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization. Deals in insurance reform, healthcare reform, billing errors, and other issues.
  
• Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) International health education, policy research, and humanitarian assistance programs.
  
• YourDoctorintheFamily.com Works toward advancing the level of debate as to what must be done to solve our growing crisis in health care.
  
• Health Policy: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation News and analysis on health policy topics including managed care, Medicare, Social Security, universal health insurance coverage, and patients rights.
  
• Harvard Health Caucus at the Harvard Medical School A student-run interdisciplinary think tank dedicated to thoughtful discourse in health policy.
  
• Health Policy - Idea Central A project of the Electronic Policy Network.
  
• Infostat, Cargo-Cult Science and the Policy Sausage-machine Paper on the managerial takeover of clinical practice, and how the process of medical science is distorted by politics and dubious trendy theories.
  
• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine A non-profit organization that promotes preventive medicine, encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research, and advocates broader access to medical services.
  
• Risk Management Internet Services - Health Resources Providing paid subscribers with resources for aging, nutrition, fitness, insurance, hospice, stress, and wellness programs.