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.

Population Medicine

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
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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.

WHO's Health Topics
Global health topics from the World Health Organization.

Care Delivery Systems

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 Economic Evaluations
Conduct a search and choose the "Economic Evaluations" filter in the left-hand menu.

Factiva
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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
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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.

Policy, Ethics, Legal

Factiva
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Lay press such as The New York Times and other newspapers/periodicals.

Health and Politics Guide

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

APA PsycInfo
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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."

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