Health Care Reform
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- Exact Phrase box - enter a search phrase such as "health care reform"
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Web Sites on the Open Internet
The following Web sites on the open Internet (free access) provide information relevant to health care reform, such as health care cost, coverage, expenditure, access, delivery, utilization, disparities in quality, and outcomes.
[Source: Shikha Sharma's article, "Health Care Management Resources: Web Sites for the National Debate," College & Research Libraries News, v. 70, n. 8 (Sept. 2009), pp. 460-464. Sharma's links and organizational structure are used with permission] Models
Theoretical Models for Delivering Health Care The True Cost of Care: The Complicated Relationship between the Market and Government Health Programs Top Trends
Employer Health Benefits Annual Survey Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace Top Providers
Hospital Compare Top Cost, Coverage, and Quality
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The Financing of Health Care Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports Quality Check Statehealthfacts.org Top Utilization
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Health Care Surveys (NHCS) National Vital Statistics System Survey of Health Care Consumers Top Foreign Systems
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Grass Is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems around the World
Health Care System Profiles
Health in the Americas
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
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Policy and Reform
Bills proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S.Senate [
RED indicates the bill that is the Senate vehicle for health care reform legislation]:
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Health Hippo Health Care in the 28th District of Texas (U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar)
HealthReform.gov Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Medpac (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission): Advising the Congress on Medicare Issues National Health Policy Forum NCSL: National Conference of State Legislators RAND: COMPARE Robert Wood Johnson Foundation THOMAS (Library of Congress)
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Library Systems Administrator/E-resources Librarian Last modified: March 20, 2010, by scr 
