Research Links and Reports

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency works to to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Americans by conducting and supporting health services research, both within AHRQ as well as in leading academic institutions, hospitals, physicians' offices, health care systems, and many other settings across the country.

AGing Integrated Database
The AGID is an on-line query system that provides dynamic access to AoA-related program performance results, surveys, and other data files. This new data enables users to look at results and trends from 2000 through 2008. 

AHRQ 2007 State Snapshots
State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. State-level information used to create the State Snapshots is based on data collected for the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR). 

American Health Care Association
High-level data from AHCA on a variety of topics including funding, liability, quality and staffing.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Data Files
This data is made available to the public, subject to privacy release approvals and the availability of computing resources. Information about Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare claims, Medicare providers, clinical data, and Medicaid eligibility and claims is included.
 
ConsultGeriRN.org 
Resource for updated, evidence-based clinical information and assessment tools on a wide variety of important and practical topics, as well as a link to information on nursing education, and staff education.

Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
The oldest and largest multidisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging.

Institute for the Future of Aging Services
The Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) is an independent research organization dedicated to bridging the worlds of policy, practice and research to advance the development and diffusion of high-quality aging and long-term care services and supports. IFAS is the applied research arm of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA).

Measuring Culture Change Literature Review
Prepared in 2006 for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care.

National Academy on an Aging Society
As a non-partisan public policy institute, the Academy actively conducts and compiles research on issues related to population aging and provides information to the public, the press, policymakers, and the academic community.

National Center for Health Statistic National Vital Statistics Systems
The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the Nation's official vital statistics.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.

New Beneficiary Data Systems
Contains extensive information on the changing circumstances of aged and disabled Social Security beneficiaries.

NHRegsPlus
This searchable website serves as a one-stop location to examine and compare the content of state regulations related to nursing homes, the processes of regulation and exceptions to regulations within a state, recent state changes, innovative nursing-home designs and programs that were accomplished within existing regulations, and innovative state regulatory initiatives.

Picker Institute
An independent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the principles of patient-centered care. Picker Institute sponsors research and education to promote the global patient-centered movement.

ResDac - Research Data Assistance Center
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contractor that provides free assistance to academic, government and non-profit researchers interested in using Medicare and/or Medicaid data for their research.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
As an independent philanthropy devoted to improving health policy and practice, this site provides publications, journal articles and research on a variety of healthcare topics.

Statehealthfacts.org
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation sponsors this site containing national and state by state comparisons of health data on a variety of topics.

The Commonwealth Fund
The Picker/Commonwealth Fund Program on Quality of Care for Frail Elders aims to transform the nation's nursing homes and other long-term care facilities into resident-centered organizations that are good places to live and work, capable of providing the highest-quality care.

The Retirement Research Foundation
The Foundation invests approximately $8 million each year to support efforts that improve access to and quality of community-based care.

Westchester/NYS Southern Region Collaborative for End of Life Care
A Selected Annotated Bibliography