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Databases and Other Data Retrieval Resources

Data Retrieval Resources

Australian Health Outcomes Collaboration is produced by the Centre for Health Service Development at the University of Wollongong
Cabot: The Canadian Health Research Index is a project of CHERA in cooperation with Health Canada
Canadian Centres for Health Evidence
Canadian Health Network
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) investigates health care financing and delivery at the community level (policy research organization)
CHID: Combined Health Information Database includes health promotion and education materials by various U.S. federal agencies
Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that promotes well-informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining, and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions
Community of Science (COS) is a database of funding opportunities, and profiles of researchers and current research.
Database on knowledge utilization - CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Dissemination and Uptake of Research (KU-UC database)
Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources is a compilation of information about major data collection systems sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Directory of Training Programs in Health Services Research and Health Policy, AcademyHealth
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center). Produced by the National Library for Education. Access to articles and materials on education, including health education and teaching.
ECONbase a searchable database providing abstracts and selected full text articles. From Elsevier Science.
European Clearing Houses on Health Outcomes (ECHHO)
European Clearing House on Health Systems Reform Literature and Research Database contains information on major changes in the structure and financing of health services in European member states and other European countries.
Health Canada is the main gateway to Canadian health information
- National Health Surveillance Infostructure (NHSI)
HCUPnet is a tool for identifying, tracking, analyzing, and comparing statistics on hospitals at the national, regional, and state level. It is part the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) allows access to National Center for Health Statistics data that would not be permissible to analyze because of confidentiality/disclosure rules and regulations
National Health Services (NHS) Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at York promotes the use of research-based knowledge in health care

CRD Databases, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) is a database of high quality systematic research reviews of the effectiveness of health care interventions
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database contains abstracts produced by International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) and other healthcare technology agencies.
NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) provides structured abstracts of economic evaluations of health care interventions

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) coordinates the development of new information products and services related to health services research and is a part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). (See the NLM databases section below for specific NLM databases such as HSRProj and HSR Search).
Native Health Research Database provides information pertaining to health and medical issues of the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations.
NLM Gateway — allows users to search search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, Health Services Research Meetings, and HSRProj. See also: PubMed and NLM Databases
Office of Health Policy is responsible for policy development including policy planning and coordination, policy and budget analysis, review and formulation of legislation and regulations, and the conduct and coordination of research and evaluation on issues relating to health policy. The Office of Health Policy is in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Outcomes Literature Database, UK Clearing House on Health Outcomes
PubMed is the open access version of the Medline database — the NLM's premier bibliographic database covering the fields such as medicine, nursing, health care system. See also: NLM Gateway and NLM Databases
RDInfo is a U.K. database of health-related research funding and training opportunities
Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield
Statistics Canada
SUMSearch provides links to the internet sites of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Guideline Clearinghouse and DARE. It has been developed by staff at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antionio, Texas, U.S.A. to automate searching for evidence-based information.
Turning Evidence into Practice (TRIP) database provides access to 'evidence-based' material on the web and to articles from premier on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM etc.
UK Clearing House on Health Outcomes provides information on outcome measures and outcome measurement
WHOSIS, The World Health Organization Statistical Information System includes health and health-related statistical information from the WHO Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Databases

The U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology site offers the following free databases through PubMed or through another user-friendly interface. For additional information about a database, please refer to its corresponding icon.