Library Resources: Health Services Administration: Health Care Issues, Policies and Trends

Works to improve health and the performance of the health system by supporting the production and use of evidence to inform policy and practice.

The lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of America's health care system. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the health care system and help Americans, health care professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions.

A public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world.

National organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.

National trade association representing the health insurance community. Committed to driving the innovation needed to create a more affordable and sustainable health care system.

Promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner.

Federal agency that provides access to programs, reports, and information on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and HIPAA.

Mission is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.

An independent, non-partisan deliberative body of recognized experts to identify critical issues generated by health system change, analyze the economic impact of such changes, and disseminate findings to national policy makers, health services researchers, industry leaders, and the general public.

Uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians.

Mission is to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and sound public policy through objective research and education.

Supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe.

Created to improve the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of information on health services research, clinical practice guidelines, and on health care technology, including the assessment of such technology.

Advances the policy, science, and practice of pharmacoeconomics (health economics) and outcomes research (the scientific discipline that evaluates the effect of health care interventions on patient well-being including clinical, economic, and patient-centered outcomes).

A non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.

An independent Congressional agency established to advise the U.S. Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program.

Provides statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.

Maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics.

Promotes policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

Exist to help policymakers make decisions that are based on the best available information. Results are fueled by the best data, the strongest methods, and the brightest minds.

Supports research and programs targeting some of America’s most pressing health issues.

Conducts research to understand and solve real-world challenges in a rapidly urbanizing environment.

WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.