Guides @ UF: Health Services Research, Management, and Policy: Research Resources

UF Databases

This list is not comprehensive, but includes resources and databases that may be new, obscure, not obvious or not listed on our database page. If you have any suggestions for additions or changes please contact me.

UF Business Library LibGuide
Portal to business/management/administration-oriented web links, subscription databases, elecronic books and journals. Among the subjects in the left column that may be useful to health care administration are the Business Articles, Industry Information, Journals and Marketing Information.

Health Business FullTEXT This link opens in a new window
Ebsco
CINAHL This link opens in a new window
The N and AH in the database title stand for nursing and allied health, the later including health adminisraion, health sevices, health policy, health financing and health policy. However, because it contains nursing and audiology literature, be aware that delivery as in health care delivery could retrieve midwifery literature and hearing could be interpreted in the otologic/audiologic sense rather than in th sense of a congressional or judicial proceeding.
PAIS International This link opens in a new window
Originally, the Public Affairs Information Service contains over half a million journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content on making and evaluating of public policy, public and private finance; business and service sector, environment and environmental policy; government; health conditions and policy; human rights;, labor conditions and policy; law and ethics; telecommunications and information policy,population groups, population policy and demographics; science and technology policy; social conditions and policy. From over 120 countries in multiple langauges, It does not index newspaper articles.
Regulatory Insight This link opens in a new window
ProQuest
Legislative Insight This link opens in a new window
ProQuest
Lexis Nexis (now called Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new window
company: LexisNexis
product: Nexis Uni
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Ebsco
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary. No subject headings so use search terms that are as distinctive as possible.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Business in general, not specifically health-oriented
Statista This link opens in a new window
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General, not specifically health-oriented
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Database of the American Economics Association with references relating to all areas of economics.
Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Ebsco
Frost & Sullivan This link opens in a new window
Medical and technical market research reports.
BCC Research This link opens in a new window
Medical and technical market research reports

Web resources

NICHSR
NICHSR (National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology) hosted several small databases of health services research. Currently being restructured so future is uncertain but this is at least a good place to start for pre-2020/21 research projects.
PubMed Health Services Research Queries
PubMed specialized search with filters set up for Health Services Research topics produced by NICHSR.
NCQA:National Committee for Quality Assurance
Private not for profit group that measures the quality of healthcare. Publishes HEDIS
Healthy People 2020 Access to Health Services
Pre-formulated searches of PubMed for publications on sources of healthcare (primary care, emergency room, preventive services, dental care, prescription meds) and health insurance.
Healthy People 2020 Health Communication and Health IT
Librarian-created searches on the objectives in this HP2020 health topic, run in PubMed.
Healthy People 2020 Medical Product Safety
Links on specific HP2020 objectives within PubMed.
Hospital Patient Safety Incident Reports
Provided by the Association of Health Care Journalists. Thousands of Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction gather by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) since January 2011. Majority of survey reports from "focussed surveys" conducted by state survey agencies responding to serious complaints made by patients, staff or others.
FDA Medical Devices
Device procedures, regulations, guidelines, safety, recalls, research, and news.
Medical Devicd Manufacturers Association
National trade assocation of independent manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products, health care information systems. Includes news, industry publications and resources, issues and advocacy.
European Commission's Medical Devices webpage
Includes sections on regulatory framework, specific areas of development, market surveillance and vigilance, scientific and technical assessment, international cooperation, plus consensus statements, legislation, acronyms, Q&A and "latest updates."
QMed Supplier Directory
Reports, videos, a blog and other resources plus a supplier directory of Qualified suppliers to Medical Device industry. Also includes News section http://www.qmed.com/news .
US Patent office
Advanced Medical Technology Association
International association or producers of medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems. Includes publications, issues & advocacy, andvnotices of meetings and events. Link to "hot topics" part of website.
NYAM Grey Literature Report
Searches the grey literature from health care organizations as well as state and federal government agencies. Most have links to the full text. No longer updated past December 2016.
National Rural Health Resource Center
Toolkit/assessment guide for rural hospital/clinic on items to consider before forming/joining a health info exchange, spreadsheet to calculate ROI, guide to understanding federally-developed Direct protocol for peer-to-peer records exchange, primaer on HIE policies, overview of privacy and security issues under HIPAA 2009.
National Institute for Health Care Management
Topics include behavioral health, health equity, cost & quality, provider consolidation. Webinars, data visualization, grants, awards, careers & internships.