Subject
Research Guides
Community Health:
Healthcare Policy
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of healthcare policy topics.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Economic Report of the President: see section on Health Care | REF HC106.5 .A272 (Annual) |
| West's Enc. of American Law (multiple vols.): see "Health Care" | REF KF154 .W47 1998 |
| Healthcare Reform in America : a Reference Handbook | REF RA395 .A3 K7593 2004 |
| Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z | REF RA395 .A3 R685 2000 |
| Portrait of Health in the United States | REF RA407.3 .P67 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of Public Health (4 volumes) | REF RA423 .E53 2002 |
| Public Health Sourcebook | REF RA445 .P835 1998 |
| Praeger Handbook of Black American Health (2 volumes) | REF RA448.5 .N4 H364 2004 |
| Race, Ethnicity, and Health : a Public Health Reader | REF RA563 .M56 R325 2002 |
| Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys: see Healthcare | on bottom shelf near HG4501 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the RA (Public Health) call number range.
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- CQ Researcher: reports on current, hot, and controversial topics, such as health insurance.
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow links for Health Care and Community Health.
- HHS Health Care Policy Page
http://www.hhs.gov/policies/
information on standards and laws from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. - Agency for Health Care Policy Research & Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/
health policy resources from an agency of U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. - Kaiser Network
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/
a Kaiser Family Foundation site with nonpartisan information on national health issues. - Duke Health Policy Gateway
http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange/
health policy resources organized by source and topic from Duke University. - Health Hippo
http://hippo.findlaw.com/hippohome.html
links to policy and regulatory materials related to health care from Findlaw.com.