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Administration on Aging, Dept of Health & Human Services This site contains information for older people and their families, practitioners and other professionals as well as researchers and students. Its Aging Network Resource page contains links to a multitude of health and aging related topics. The current highlights of this page include a comparison between the Older Americans Act of 1992 and the reauthorization in 2000; Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being; and the new Healthy People 2010 – health improvement goals for the nation. The homepage also contains a quick index to topics such as Elder Abuse Prevention, ElderCare Locator, Resource Directory and many others. The site is very complete in its information on aging. |
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. This site is a very useful site to healthcare researchers. Key points of the site include:
The site also has research findings on a variety of health related issues such as Elderly Healthcare, Mental Health and Long Term Care. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics This site is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. It contains labor related statistics which are updated daily on labor issues such as consumer prices, consumer spending, employment projections, how much people earn by area and occupations, and worker safety and health. The site also has links to the online magazines, Monthly Labor Review, Compensation and Working Conditions, and Occupational Outlook Quarterly. |
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Census Bureau This site contains population estimates and projections, as well as statistics on income, poverty, genealogy and housing. Its Access Tools include
This site also contains the 1999 Statistical Abstract of the United States and the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book both in free PDF format. |
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Center for Disease Control This site contains the CDC health data standards, scientific data, surveillance, and health statistics reports. It contains information about grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities as well as fact sheets, disease prevention and health information on topics from A-Z. It also has a section that addresses the validity of health related hoaxes or rumors that may be prevalent on the internet. |
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FEDSTATS This website is touted as the gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies. It has a way to search directly for the statistical information on the topic of your choice as well as links to many statistical agencies with descriptions of the statistics they provide, links to their websites, contact information and key statistics. It also contains MapStats, which has statistical profiles of information such as population estimates, income and poverty crimes reported, etc. by state, county, congressional districts and federal judicial districts. |
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The Food and Drug Administration This site has information on the products the FDA regulates such as drugs, cosmetics, and food. It has information for consumers, patients, health professionals, state/local officials and industry personnel, on topics that are relevant to that audience such as information on dietary supplements and prescription drugs for consumers; clinical information on prescription drugs for healthcare professionals and information on FDA standards for healthcare organizations. It contains safety alerts as well as product approvals. It also has information on the FDA’s activities such as Clinical Trials/Human Subject Protection, Enforcement, Freedom of Information and many others. The site would be most helpful to clinical researchers. |
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The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services This website has links to all the agencies that fall under its umbrella, such as the Administration on Aging (AOA), CDC, FDA, etc. The site also contains the currently released National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information. Under the News and Public Affairs page, there is information on major addresses by the HHS Secretary as well as information given by HHS representatives. There is also a list of fact sheets on current department initiatives. The search function allows you to either pick a topic from a window or type in a search phrase yourself. This is a site definitely worth surfing. |
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Health Care Financing Administration This is the federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The site contains information for beneficiaries, Plans and providers, states, students and researchers. Under the research link there is information on Health Care Indicators, National Health Expenditures, projections of National Health Expenditures, Actuarial Publications and Data, and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Its research publications include Trustees Reports and Health Care Financing Review. There is also information on HCFA’s current initiatives. |
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National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Technology This site is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. The research links that this site provides are
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The National Institute on Aging This site contains information on the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging which was started in 1958 and is America’s longest running scientific study of human aging. This site also contains transcripts of congressional testimony by NIA staff. It contains information on research funding as well as the current research being conducted. For consumers, the site contains an extensive list of links on health issues of older Americans. |
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National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health is actually comprised of 28 separate institutes and centers, such as the National Center for Research Resources and the National Institute on Aging. This site provides links to all the member institutes and centers. It also contains a brief program summary for each organization. From the researcher’s point of view this site contains information on grants and funding opportunities as well as the NIH guide for grants and contracts. Under its Scientific Resources there is a link to Library and Literature Resources and Online Journals. |
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National Library of Medicine This is the site of the largest medical library in the world. The site contains links to
The site also contains a link to Medline Plus which is a health reference for consumers and will find answers to all your health questions. |
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The Special Committee on Aging This is the site for the Senate’s Special Committee on Aging. Although special committees have no legislative authority, this committee will submit findings and recommendations for legislation to the Senate. This committee has been responsible for calling the Congress’ and the nation’s attention to many problems affecting older Americans. The website contains information on all the bills that relate to older Americans. It also has complete committee hearings that you are able to read or listen to. There is a section to report fraud and abuse of program designed to help older Americans as well as a section with consumer tips. This site is a must for anyone researching issues relating to older Americans. |
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Thomas (Legislative Information) This site is a service of the Library of Congress and contains information regarding federal legislative activities from the 93rd Congress and forward. The search function allows you to enter either a bill number or a phrase. It also contains the most recent issue of the Congressional Record as well roll call votes for the both the House and the Senate for the current session as well as previous sessions. It has a listing of all the House and Senate Committees with links to the home pages of those committees. It is a most informative site. |
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Aging Well--A Health and Wellness Village for Mature Adults Although this is a considered a consumer site, there is much information available for healthcare professionals and researchers. There is a link to the Gallup organization, which reports on current public opinion of political issues. The “Research Shelves” section contains links to health related research journals containing article abstracts and in some cases the full-text article. The “News Stand” section contains free access to major newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and a variety of magazines such as Time. For older consumers there is information on every topic imaginable, exercise, nutrition, illnesses, medications, etc. |
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AARP This site contains information on many issues related to older Americans such as health and wellness, leisure and fun, and life transitions. However, it also contains information on topics not directed only to older people such as money and work, and computers and technology. The website also has a Research Center which has information on current research being done by the AARP as well as a Public Policy Institute which provided policy position documents. |
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Alzheimer’s Association This site has the Benjamin B. Green Field Library and Resource Center, which serves as a resource for family members of those with Alzheimers, educators and students, healthcare professionals, social service agencies, and the general public. Library staff responds to information requests, does literature searches, lends materials, and provides referrals. This site also contains the Association’s position statements on a variety of topics. |
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American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging This website contains information regarding recent age related legislative activities as well as brief articles on a variety of age related topics. |
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American College of Healthcare Executives This organization is a credentialing organization for healthcare executives. The site contains the organization’s policy statements on a variety of topics. |
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American Geriatric Society The American Geriatrics Society is the premier professional organization of healthcare providers dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all older adults. In the last decade, the society has become a pivotal force in shaping attitudes policies and practices regarding healthcare for older people. This site has information on upcoming educational programs, current news relating to the healthcare of older people, as well as position statements on current public policy and proposed legislation. |
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American Medical Association The site contains information on the lobbying activities of the AMA as well as position statements. |
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The American Public Health Association This website contains a searchable APHA policy statement database as well as access to abstracts from the Journal of Public Health. It also contains information on legislative activities related to healthcare. |
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Association for Health Services Research The Academy provides a professional home and technical assistance resource for research and policy professionals. This site contains the Health Services Research in Progress database, which contains more then 5,700 descriptions of ongoing health services research projects funded by government agencies, foundations, and private organizations. Researchers, policy makers, managers, clinicians, and librarians can use HSRProg to access information about health services research before results are available in published form. It also has a forum, which allows researchers to seek out colleagues who might be interested in collaborating on a project |
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Eden Alternative The mission of the Eden Alternative is to improve the quality of life for individuals who live in long-term facilities by eliminating the loneliness, helplessness and boredom that is experienced by many residents of long-term care facilities. The website provides information on how to “Edenize” a facility. The website also contains information about the other initiatives being undertaken by the organization. |
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Gerontological Society of America As this site is an advocacy as well as a research site, it contains information that is helpful to consumers such as information on Social Security and Women and phone numbers for government offices. For researchers, the site contains a directory of age-related computerized data resources. The site also contains the table of contents for all of its journals for the past 4 years as well as the last 2 issues of Gerontology News in pdf format. The site also has a press room which contains a series of brief articles on a variety of topics of interest to both consumers and researchers. It also contains a list of links to other age-related sites. |
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Health Insurance Information, Counseling and Assistance This site is sponsored by the New York State Office of Aging. It contains information for older consumers in regards to healthcare insurance coverage. |
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Last Acts This site is sponsored by an organization that advocates for death with dignity. The site contains an electronic newsletters which contains many interesting articles. The Media Center contains commentary on recent government activities and the Resource page contains a list of documents pertaining to the subject of death with dignity, which may be purchased. |
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Medical Matrix This site is a free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet with emphasis on usefulness to healthcare professionals. Although this site is directed at healthcare professionals such as physicians, it does contain access to full-text articles, abstracts, and citations from selected medical journals. |
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National Association for Healthcare Quality This is a member only site. The goal of the organization is to promote the continuous improvement of quality in healthcare by providing educational and development opportunities for professionals at all management levels and within all healthcare settings. |
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National Association for Home Care NAHC advances the proposition that senior citizens and other vulnerable groups should be assisted to live in independence through the intervention of home care services so that institutionalization is the last resort. The website contains links to governmental agencies as well as legislative and regulatory updates pertaining to the home healthcare field. The site also contains statistical databases such as Medicare Home Health Utilization, 1999, Basic Statistics about Home Healthcare, 2000 and Hospice Statistics for 1999. |
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New York Association of Homes & Services for the Aging The Advocacy Center of this site contains links to the legislature branches of both New York State and Federal Government and links to the Executive and Judiciary Branches of the Federal Government. |
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New York State Office for the Aging This is an advocacy site, which also has references to law and legal issues, legislative activities and public policies. |
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Public Policy Site This website contains opinions and briefs, and policy statements on a wide variety of issues as well as currents news. It also contains a way to send opinions to legislators. |
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The Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment CCOHTA’s mission is to encourage the appropriate use of health technology by influencing decision makers through the collection, analysis, creation and dissemination of information concerning the effectiveness and cost of technology and its impact on health. |
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National Institute of Health Services/Technology Assessment Text This is a search engine for the National Library of Medicine’s Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT). |
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National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Technology This site is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. The research links that this site provides are
PubMed – is a World Wide Web retrieval service that provides access free of charge to MEDLINE, a database of more than 10 million bibliographic citations and abstracts. PubMed also contains links to the full-text versions of articles at participating publishers’ Web sites. The site also contains information on current research, as well as a self study course entitled “Finding and Using Health Statistics |
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Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute MTPPI is a non-profit organization established to conduct research on the clinical, economic and social implications of new and emerging healthcare technologies. |
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Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment CCOHTA’s mission is to encourage the appropriate use of health technology by influencing decision makers through the collection, analysis, creation and dissemination of information concerning the effectiveness and cost of technology and its impact on health. |
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Health on the Net Foundation This website contains information on health and healthcare related issues. |
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Health Services Utilization Centre This is an arm’s-length government-funded agency with a mandate to assess Saskatchewan’s health system and make recommendations for evidence-based change. |
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International Society of Technology Assessment This organization leads the world in partnering for research and education on the clinical, economic and social implications of health technologies. The organization is currently developing a Health Technology Assessment distance-learning program with certification. |
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World Health Net This is the official website of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. |
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Agency for Health Care Policy & Research sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. This site is a very useful site to healthcare researchers. Key points of the site include:
The site also has research findings on a variety of health related issues such as Elderly Healthcare, Mental Health and Long Term Care. |
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Center for Demographic Studies Duke University This site is sponsored by Duke University is identified as a National Institute of Aging center on the Demography of Aging. The primary focus of their research is statistical analysis of long-term care of the elderly. The site contains access to information on the National Long-Term Care Survey, as well as information on how to obtain the survey in hard copy. The site also contains in full-text the published articles of its members. The site has links to many other sites that contain information related to older people and aging as well as links to all of other National Institute on Aging, Demography of Aging centers. |
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Center for Policy Research This site is part of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. The website contains a series of policy briefs written by Senior Center Associates, as well as full-text versions of all articles written by Center members and staff. The site contains information on the various programs that it offers such as the Aging Studies Program and the Gerontology Education Project. Within each of these links, is comprehensive information on the topics covered by the program as well as links to other parts of the site that contain more information on the topics discussed. The site also has links to all of the Center’s current research as well as links to many other age-related sites. This site is quite extensive and contains much more information than could be included here. |
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Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Located at the University of Connecticut Center on Aging, the center is devoted to enhancing independence in older people through research, research training, and dissemination of new findings, emphasizing musculoskeletal problems, especially osteoporosis; inclusion of regional minority population in research and education programs is a priority. |
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Gerontological Society of America As this site is an advocacy as well as a research site, it contains information that is helpful to consumers such as information on Social Security and Women and phone numbers for government offices. For researchers, the site contains a directory of age-related computerized data resources. The site also contains the table of contents for all of its journals for the past 4 years as well as the last 2 issues of Gerontology News in pdf format. The site also has a press room which contains a series of brief articles on a variety of topics of interest to both consumers and researchers. It also contains a list of links to other age-related sites. |
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Gerontological Resources, University of Puget Sound This site is a page of links to gerontological resources. |
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Health Services Research Journal This site is the online version of the journal |
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Indiana University Center for Aging Research This site is affiliated with the Regenstrief Institute of Healthcare. The site contains demographics of the older American population classified by:
This site also contains access to research done by its members as well as access to six public use National Datasets Suitable for Aging Research. The site also contains the abstracts of all published articles by its members. |
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Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies This is a Canadian organization that conducts research that provides information and evidence with a view of protecting and improving the effectiveness, quality, equity and efficiency of healthcare in Ontario. The site does contain executive summaries on the organization’s various research projects. |
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Institute for Research on Poverty This organization is located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a national university based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is one of two centers designated as a National Poverty Research Center by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This site contains information on the organization’s current research such as the Family Capital Study, National Welfare Debate and the development of a new Measure of Poverty. Under the Publication Link, there is access to discussion papers and special reports prepared by the members of the organization in free pdf format. There is a list of poverty related links, which are classified by topic areas and includes sites that address poverty and aging. This is another extensive site that contains a large amount of interesting and helpful information. |
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Journal of Health, Politics, Policy, and Law The Journal of Health, Politics, Policy, and Law is a multi-disciplinary publication published bimonthly by Duke University Press. Articles contain original scholarship in a variety of issues related to health. This website allows access to abstracts as well as selected current articles. |
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Medical Matrix This site is a free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet with emphasis on usefulness to healthcare professionals. Although this site is directed at healthcare professionals such as physicians, it does contain access to full-text articles, abstracts, and citations from selected medical journals. |
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National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Technology This site is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. The research links that this site provides are
PubMed – is a World Wide Web retrieval service that provides access free of charge to MEDLINE, a database of more than 10 million bibliographic citations and abstracts. PubMed also contains links to the full-text versions of articles at participating publishers’ Web sites. The site also contains information on current research, as well as a self study course entitled “Finding and Using Health Statistics |
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National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health is actually comprised of 28 separate institutes and centers, such as the National Center for Research Resources and the National Institute on Aging. This site provides links to all the member institutes and centers. It also contains a brief program summary for each organization. From the researcher’s point of view this site contains information on grants and funding opportunities as well as the NIH guide for grants and contracts. Under its Scientific Resources there is a link to Library and Literature Resources and Online Journals. |
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National Library of Medicine This is the site of the largest medical library in the world. The site contains links to
The site also contains a link to Medline Plus which is health reference for consumers and will find answers to all your health questions. |
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Population Association of America This is a members-only site. PAA is a non-profit, scientific professional organization, which promotes research on population issues. |
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Stein Gerontological Institute Research division of the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the aged. It has been involved in a number of research projects since its inception among which are studies on human factors, engineering in assistance technology for the elderly and for physically challenged individuals, and development of innovative community service models. The scientists and professionals at SGI also serve as advocates on elder issues at all legislature levels |
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Temple University – Institute on Aging Mission: founded in 1978 responsible for developing and implementing interdisciplinary educational programs of study, community services, and research through established centers and programs of excellence in aging. |
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Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology The mission of this organization is to become the premier research center on aging-related issues. The site contains executive summaries on all the institute’s research projects. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics This site is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. It contains labor related statistics which are updated daily on labor issues such as consumer prices, consumer spending, employment projections, how much people earn by area and occupations and worker safety and health. The site also has links to the online magazines, Monthly Labor Review, Compensation and Working Conditions and Occupational Outlook Quarterly. |
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Census Bureau This site contains population estimates and projections, as well as statistics on income, poverty, genealogy and housing. Its Access Tools include
This site also contains the 1999 Statistical Abstract of the United States and the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book both in free PDF format. |
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FEDSTATS This website is touted as the gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies. It has a way to search directly for the statistical information on the topic of your choice as well as links to many statistical agencies with descriptions of the statistics they provide, links to their websites, contact information and key statistics. It also contains MapStats, which has statistical profiles of information such as population estimates, income and poverty crimes reported, etc. by state, county, congressional districts and federal judicial districts. |
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Center for Demographic Studies Duke University Located in the heart of the Duke Campus. We are a top-level research facility with grants from various federal agencies. The primary focus of our research is statistical analysis into long-term care of the elderly population in specific those 65 years of age and older. Contains national Long-Term Care Summary. |
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