Commonly Used Links for Public Health Research

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)—Tools

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project

Data Resources:

• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP)
• HIVnet
  

Assessment Tools:

• Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ( CAHPS¯) Survey & Tools to Advance Patient Centered Care
• Hospital bioterrorism preparedness tool
  

Clinical Care Tools:

• Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP)
• National Guideline Clearinghouse� (NGC)

Quality Measurement Tools:

• Child Health Care Quality Toolbox
• Prevention Quality Indicators
• Inpatient Quality Indicators

Centers for Disease Control

• National Center for Health Statistics

Kaiser Family Foundation

• State Health Facts

National Cancer Institute

• Surveillance Epidimeology and End Results

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD)

• NIAID Research Funding—Instructions on how to write a grant

National Institutes of Health

• Summary of HIPPA and Research

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)

• NYSDOH News

Press Ganey

• Patient satisfaction survey organization

Quality Metric Health Outcomes Solutions (QM)

• Quality Metric Health Outcomes Solutions
• SF-36: Health Survey
• SF-12: Health Survey
  

US Census Bureau

• Data Finder