A.C. Buehler Library: MPH Program: Health Care Safety, Quality, Economics, and Policy

Safety and etc. Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Health and Medicine Division (HMD) - division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies)
, formerly Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A 'think tank' resource.
RWJF County Health Rankings
Co-sponsored by University of Wisconsin.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Excellent research site with extensive interactive data (including interactive maps to graphically display the data) on health care outcomes and disparities
• Focus is on improving efficiency and effectiveness of health care and health care system
• Pivotal in bringing to light the role played by local & regional norms in creating marked regional variations in health care provided to patients with same problems.
WHO 2010 Adelaide Statement “Health in All Policies”

Kaiser Foundation Topics

Medicaid/CHIP

The Kaiser Family Foundation's mission is to provide “non-partisan health policy analysis, health journalism and communication”, by “producing own policy analysis & research… serving as a clearinghouse of health policy news & information… and developing and helping run large-scale public health campaigns in US & around the world.”