Resources

Listed below are Web sites of government agencies, research, and state-based organizations that provide in-depth information on health policy issues. Also listed are the foundation sponsors of the Forum. This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but research staff at the Forum have found the viewpoints and data from these sources to be particularly useful. In most cases the information provided is available for free.

The National Health Policy Forum does not endorse the views or materials posted on these sites, nor does it attest to the accuracy of any information offered therein.

•  Federal Agencies
•  Congressional Support Agencies
•  Legislative Branch
•  Information Resources
•  Think Tanks and Research-Based Organizations
•  State-Centered Research Organizations
•  Global Health Research Organizations
•  State Health Policy Forums
•  NHPF Foundation Sponsors
 

Federal Agencies

• Department of Agriculture
• USDA Economic Research Service
• Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
• Food Safety Inspection Services
• Department of Commerce
• Census Bureau
• Economics and Statistics Administration
• Department of Defense
• TRICARE
• Department of Education
• National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Administration on Aging (AoA)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC)
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Medicare.gov
• Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Healthfinder
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Library of Medicine
• Pub Med (Medline)
• Office of the Secretary
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
• Office of Disability, Aging, and Long Term Care Policy
• Office of the National Coordinator on Health Information Technology (ONCHIT)
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Labor
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Employee Benefits Security Administration
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Government Printing Office (GPO Access)
• Federal Register
• Council of Economic Advisors
• Office of Management and Budget
• Social Security Administration

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Congressional Support Agencies

• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Library of Congress
• Congressional Research Service (CRS)
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) 

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Legislative Branch

• U.S. House of Representatives
• Committee on Appropriations
• Committee on the Budget
• Committee on Education and Labor
• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Committee on Ways and Means
• U.S. Senate
• Committee on Appropriations
• Committee on the Budget
• Committee on Finance
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)
• Special Committee on Aging

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Information Resources

• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Clinicaltrials.gov
• Cochrane Collaboration
• Community Guide
• Consumers Union
• Federal Register
• The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO)
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC)
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
• National Quality Forum (NQF)
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)
• National Working Group on Evidence-Based Health Care
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Pub Med (Medline)
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• US Pharmacopeia (USP)

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Think Tanks and
Research Organizations

• AcademyHealth
• State Coverage Initiatives
• Alliance for Health Reform
• American Enterprise Institute
• Brookings Institution
• California Healthcare Foundation
• Cato Institute
• Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
• Center for Biosecurity (at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
• Center for Studying Health System Change
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• ECRI Institute's Comparative Effectiveness Resource Center
• Economic Success Clearinghouse (formerly Welfare Information Network)
• Employee Benefit Research Institute
• Georgetown University
• Center for Children and Families
• Health Policy Institute
• George Washington University
• Center for Health Policy Research
• Heritage Foundation
• Health Affairs (Project HOPE)
• Institute for Health Policy Solutions
• Institute of Medicine
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies — Health Policy Institute
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
• National Academies of Science
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• National Academy of Social Insurance
• RAND Health
• Urban Institute

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State-Centered
Research Organizations

• American Public Human Services Association
• National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD)
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
• National Academy for State Health Policy
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
• National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO)
• National Association of County Health Officials
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Governors Association
• National Network of Public Health Insitutes
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
• State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
• State Health Access Reform Evaluation

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Global Health
Research Organizations

• Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Global Health Policy Research Network
• Nuclear Threat Initiative

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State Health Policy Forums

• AR:  Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
• CA:  California Health Policy Forum
• CO:  Colorado Health Institute
• GA:  Georgia Health Policy Center (Georgia State University)
• KA:  Kansas Health Institute
• LA:  Louisiana Public Health Institute
• MA:  Massachusetts Health Policy Forum
• ME:  Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service (University of Southern
          Maine)
• MI:  Michigan Health Policy Forum
• ND:  Center for Rural Health (University of North Dakota)
• OH:  Health Policy Institute of Ohio
• TX:  Texas Institute for Health Policy Research
• WA:  Resource Center for Health Policy (University of Washington)
• WI:  Population Health Institute (University of Wisconsin)

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The Forum's Foundation Sponsors

• W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• The Kresge Foundation
• The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• The SCAN Foundation
• The Atlantic Philanthropies