Guides: Health Services Administration: Research Project Web Resources

Research Topic Categories

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Health Economics, Reform, and Policy

Health Informatics

Quality

Women's Health

Health Services Project Websites

These sites contain grant funded projects that are in-process as well as one that have been completed

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Database of projects funded by various Canadian institutions. Can be searched by institution as well as "theme"/subject.
Commonwealth Fund
Mission is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color. Database consists of grants funded. Search for projects by Topic or Program.
Health Policy and Services Research
Part of NLM's digital collections. Contains over 3,600 specifically-selected health services research projects.
NIH RePORTER
Search for NIH funded projects.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Search current and past grants by health condition, population, interventions, and more.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Search current and past grants by topic, location and other fields.
Veterans Affairs (VA) Research and Development Program
Research focus is on health issues that affect Veterans.

Key Health Services Organizations

These organizations serve the information needs of the Health Services research community.

Federal Agencies:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) is one of the operating components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC's mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Part of DHHS, NIH is the world's premiere medical research organization. A number of its Centers and Institutes conduct health services research, e.g., outcomes, patient safety, data sources, epidemiology, health disparities, access to care, quality of care, pharmacogenetics, data sources, implementation research, research diffusion, research dissemination.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
DHHS is the government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

Associations and Organizations:

Kaiser Family Foundation
Foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. Health Policy Research, Analysis, Polling, Facts, and Data. See State Health Facts interactive tools for info on state-level data.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Search current and past grants by topic, location and other fields.

International:

Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Collection of local, provincial and territorial, national and international innovations, tools and resources are for everyone. Check out the Patient Engagement Resource Hub with tools and resources to support, facilitate and enhance patient, family and caregiver engagement in designing, delivering and evaluating health services essential to improve quality of care.
Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)
Focuses on health technology assessment (HTA) and provides the key forum for all those from the worlds of health care, academia and business interested in the science, development and application of HTA. Offers "supporting evidence based decision making in health care policy and practice".
International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
Formed to increase communication among health economists, foster a high standard of debate in the application of economics to health and health care systems, and assist young researchers at the start of their careers.
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
The mission is to improve the health and wealth of the nation (UK) through research.
World Health Organization (WHO)
An International health organization, representing 150 countries.