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Subject Guides : Health Outcomes Research
Reference Books
| Title | Call Number |
| Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine | W 74 .C677 1996 |
| Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century | WA 540 AA1 .I5764 2001 |
| Design and Analysis of Quality of Life Studies in Clinical Trials | WA 950 .F247 2002 |
| Essentials of Economic Evaluation in Healthcare | W 74 E344 2005 |
| Health Outcomes and Pharmaceutical Care: Measurement, Applications, and Initiatives | QV 20.5 .H434 1996 |
| Methods and Designs for Outcomes Research | W 84.3 .M473 2006 |
| Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes | W 74.1 .M473 2005 |
| Outcome-Based Evaluation | HV 11 .S36 2001 |
| Practical Pharmacoeconomics | QV 736 .B377 1998 |
| Priority Areas for National Action | WA 540 AA1 .P746 2003 |
| Quality of Life | WA 900.1 .Q344 2003 |
| Risk Adjustment for Measuring Health Care Outcomes | W 84 AA1 .R574 2003 |
| Strategies in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research | QV 736 .R834 2002 |
| To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System | QZ 42 .T64 2000 |
| Understanding Health Care Outcomes Research | W 84.1 .U523 2006 |
To find more books search the Library Catalog. Keywords to search include Health Outcomes, Health Care Quality, or Pharmacoeconomics.
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Research Databases
| Title | Description |
| Ageline | AARP database containing summaries of publication on older adults and aging. |
| BCBS Technology Evaluation Center | Provides assessments that synthesize evidence on the diagnosis, treatment, management and prevention of disease. |
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical decisions. The Cochrane Library provides other systematic reviews, abstracts, technology assessments, economic evaluations, and invidual clinical trials. |
| Health Services and Sciences Research Resources | NLM database containing information about research datasetsa dn instruments employed in Health Services Research. |
| HSTAT (Health Services/Technology Assessment Text) | Searchable collection of full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments & health information from NLM. |
| LOCTATORPlus | NLM's online catalog of print materials |
| NLM Gateway | Access to National Library of Medicine retrieval systems |
| PubMed | Bibliographic and full text citations to biomedical literature |
| Science Citation Index | Current and retrospective (2000 - present) bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references from 3,700 scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 100 disciplines. |
WWW Resources
| General Sites | Description |
| AcademyHealth | Resource for health research and policy information for health services researchers, analysts, and practitioners. |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | This site contains information about the programs, resources, and funding opportunities of this agency |
| American Health Quality Association | Scientific reviews, evidence-based reports, centers and topics and methodology. |
| Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research | Contributes to the improvement of pharmaceutical related health outcomes through methodology development, evaluative research, translation of research findings to practice and education. |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Federal agency responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, HIPAA, and CLIA. |
| Health Care Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) | Track national data on hospital utilization, access, charges, quality and outcome |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Non-profit that offers resources and services to health health care organizations make improvements that enhance clinical outcomes and reduce costs. |
| International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research | International organization promoting the science of pharmacoeconomics and health outcomes research. |
| Medical Outcomes Trust | |
| National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) | Principle health statistics agency for U.S. Complies statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve health. |
| National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Database of information on specific evidence-based health care quality measures. |
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