Research Guides: High Yield Research Resources: Population/Society Questions: Population Medicine, Care Delivery Systems, Policy/Ethics/Legal

Top Picks

Here are some of the most used resources for questions related to population medicine, care delivery systems, and policy/ethics/legal topics.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Web portal for links to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence based practice.
CDC Data and Statistics (Epidemiology-focused)
A centralized place for various CDC statistics databases organized by topics, tools, and resources.
CDC WONDER
WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data.
NLM's Bioethics Information Resources

PubMed
Biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

CDC Data and Statistics (Epidemiology-focused)
A centralized place for various CDC statistics databases organized by topics, tools, and resources.
CDC WONDER
WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data.

GIDEON - Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network
Information about tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
MMWR is the CDC's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, authoritative, accurate, and useful public health information.

PubMed
Find journal articles relating to population medicine using keyword searching within PubMed.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Web portal for links to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence based practice.
California Health Care Almanac
Information on health care costs, coverage, quality, and delivery supports effective decision-making. The Almanac provides data and analysis on California's health care system.
CDC WONDER
WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data.

Cochrane Library
A collection of six databases designed to inform healthcare decision-making: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA), and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (EED). It is an important resource for systematic reviews.
Factiva
Lay press such as The New York Times and other newspapers/periodicals.

Health Services/Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT)
Evidence reports, protocols, preventive medicine, consensus reports, and methods curated by the National Library of Medicine.

PubMed
Find journal articles relating to care delivery systems using keyword searching within PubMed.
Social Services Abstracts
Research focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Resources from Healthcare Foundations

These foundations focus upon providing information and resources related to the betterment of healthcare: Commonwealth Fund, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), California Health Care Foundation, and Kaiser Family Foundation.

Sociological Abstracts
Research in the social and behavioral sciences from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Nexis Uni
News (including broadcast transcripts), business, legal, and reference information.

APA PsycInfo
Psychological, social, behavioral, and health research in journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations.
PubMed
You can search for articles related to your questions. There is a subject filter called "bioethics" - you must add the subject filter by clicking "Show additional filters" and then choose "Bioethics."