Research Guides: Physician Assistant: Websites

Government Websites

NCBI MeSH MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
History of Medicine The NLM History of Medicine Division (HMD) collects, preserves, makes available, and interprets for diverse audiences one of the world’s richest collections of historical material related to health and disease.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the largest biomedical research agency in the world.
MyHealthfinder From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; links to health news and information.
PSNet: Patient Safety Network AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet) is a national web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State.
WomensHealth.gov A project of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. The goal of the office is to improve the health of American women. This website provides health information regarding women's issues.

Association and Other Websites

AAPA: American Academy of Physician Assistants
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State.
American Diabetes Association
American Healthcare Association
American Hospital Association
American Nurses Association
The Anna and Harry Borun Center for Gerontological Research
Center for Biofilm Engineering
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Health in Aging
Health Resources and Services Administration
Move Forward
National League for Nursing
Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard University
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

Online Statistical Resources

CDC Wonder Query numeric data sets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, natality (births), census data and many other topics are available for query.
FCSM The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) is an interagency committee dedicated to improving the quality of Federal statistics.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations: Hunger Statistics and informational reports on hunger around the world.
National Center for Health Statistics
Statistical Abstracts of the United States Provides statistics on a variety of topics including health facilities & expenditures, social insurance, and human services.

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