Health Policy Resources
Health Policy Research Organizations
Academy Health
www.academyhealth.org/publications/index.htm
Description: AcademyHealth is a non-partisan, professional
society for health services researchers and health policy analysts. As a
manager of programs serving the health services research and policy
communities, AcademyHealth produces research in several substantive areas,
including health care financing and organization, purchasing, translating
health services research, and rural, state, and international health policy.
This link provides a complete list of publications, including monographs and
reports, briefs and case studies and newsletters.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
www.ahrq.gov/
Description: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety,
efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As one of 12
agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports
health services research that will improve the quality of health care and
promote evidence-based decision making. The AHRQ website includes access to
research findings, fact sheets, data and surveys on various health topics as
well as reports on specific populations, quality and patient safety, Health IT,
clinical information, etc.
The Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
www.hschange.com/
Description: The Center for Studying Health System Change is
a nonpartisan policy research organization that designs and conducts studies
focused on the U.S. health care system to inform the thinking and decisions of
policy makers in government and private industry. HSC strives to provide
high-quality, timely and objective research and analysis that leads to sound
policy decisions, with the ultimate goal of improving the health of the
American public. HSC publications are available on the website.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
www.cbpp.org/pubs/health.htm
Description: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a
policy organization working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy
and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and
individuals. The Center conducts research and analysis to inform public debates
over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that the needs of
low-income families and individuals are considered in these debates. This link
provides data on health insurance coverage and health policy analysis by topic.
Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET)
www.hret.org
Description: HRET is the non-profit research organization of
the American Hospital Association and since 1944 has focused its resources to
address issues that America's health care leaders face every day. HRET's goal
is to advance ideas and practices beneficial to health care practitioners,
institutions, consumers and society at large. HRET research findings are
regularly published in peer-review journals, newsletters, web sites and other
media. The website provides links to HRET journal articles and reports
(available by order).
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
www.nashp.org/store/prodpage.cfm?CFID=1103773&CFTOKEN=42960269
Description: The National Academy for State Health Policy is
an independent academy of state health policymakers working together to
identify emerging issues, develop policy solutions, and improve state health
policy and practice. NASHP provides a forum for constructive, nonpartisan work
across branches and agencies of state government on critical health issues
facing states. The National Academy for State Health Policy conducts research
into areas of vital importance to states and to those who depend on state
governments for health coverage.
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/health/index.cfm
Description: The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan
policy research and educational organization established to examine the social,
economic, and governance problems facing the nation. The Urban Institute works
to promote sound social policy and public debate on national priorities through
gathering and analyzing data, conducting policy research, evaluating programs
and services, and educating all Americans. The website's health and health care
section provides links to various reports and publications on topics such as
Medicare, Medicaid, the uninsured, long term care and health insurance.
Health Policy Grantmaking Resources
Health Affairs GrantWatch
http://healthaffairs.org/
Description: The GrantWatch Blog features news and updates about health grant making, particularly as it relates to current health policy issues. Blog content includes information on foundation-funded reports and on new grants, plus news from foundation meetings, changes in foundations’ funding priorities, and announcements of job openings and RFPs.
Grantmakers in Health (GIH)
www.gih.org/info-url2764/info-url.htm
Description: Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is a nonprofit,
educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving
programs improve the nation's health. Its mission is to foster communication
and collaboration among grantmakers and others, and to help strengthen the
grantmaking community's knowledge, skills, and effectiveness. Although the GIH
Resource Center database is only accessible to funding partners, the Resource
Center does provide links to reports and data on the following key health
issues: access, aging, children/youth, disparities, health promotion, mental
health, public health and quality.
Health Policy Focused Foundations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
www.bcbsmafoundation.org/foundationroot/index.jsp
Description: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Foundation is a charitable organization created in 2001 by Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Massachusetts. The mission of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of
Massachusetts Foundation is to expand access to health care. Through grants and
policy initiatives, the Foundation works with public and private organizations
to broaden health coverage and reduce barriers to care. The Foundation focuses
on developing measurable and sustainable solutions that benefit uninsured,
vulnerable and low-income individuals and families in the Commonwealth.
The California Endowment
www.calendow.org/reference/publications/index.stm
Description: The California Endowment is a private,
statewide health foundation that was created in 1996 as a result of Blue Cross
of California's creation of WellPoint Health Networks. The California
Endowment's mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for
underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental
improvements in the health status of all Californians. This link provides
access to the Endowment's publications, most of which focus on California, but
some of which focus on national health policy issues.
The California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF)
www.chcf.org/
Description: The California HealthCare Foundation is an
independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is
delivered and financed in California, and helping consumers make informed
health care and coverage decisions. Formed in 1996, CHCF works to ensure that
all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care. CHCF
commissions research and analysis, publishes and disseminates information, convenes
stakeholders, and funds development of programs and models aimed at improving
the health care delivery and financing systems. This link provides access to
the majority of CHCF publications.
The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF)
www.tcwf.org/
Description: The California Wellness Foundation is a private
foundation that works to improve the health of the people of California by
making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention.
Through its grantmaking, TCWF pursues several goals, one of which is to inform
the development of public policies that promote wellness and enhance access to
preventive health care.
The Colorado Health Foundation
www.coloradohealth.org
Description: The Colorado Health Foundation (formerly
HealthONE Alliance) is a non-profit organization devoted to improving health
and health care in Colorado. The foundation's assets serve the community
through grants, medical education programs, health policy initiatives and in
the support of four program centers serving older adults, families, mothers and
infants. The health issues section of the website provides links to research on
topics such as mental health, homelessness, and health insurance coverage in
Colorado.
The Commonwealth Fund
www.commonwealthfund.org/
Description: The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation
that supports independent research on health care issues and makes grants to
improve health care practice and policy. The Fund's mission is to promote a
health care system that achieves better access, improved quality and greater
efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable. All Commonwealth Fund
publications (reports, issue briefs and other professional and scholarly
publications) are posted on the website and are available free of charge.
Healthcare Georgia Foundation
http://www.healthcaregeorgia.org/publications-and-research/latest-issues.cfm
Description: Healthcare Georgia Foundation is a statewide,
private independent foundation located in Atlanta, Georgia. The Foundation's
mission is to advance the health of all Georgians and to expand access to
affordable, quality healthcare for underserved individuals and communities.
This link provides access to the foundation's policy related publications.
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org
Description: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a
private foundation that serves as an independent voice and source of facts and
analysis for policymakers, the media, the healthcare community and the general
public.
The Foundation's main website (www.kff.org) offers access to reports, surveys, issue
briefs, charts, and fact sheets containing analysis and the public's views on
issues such as the growing number of uninsured, Medicare, Medicaid, rising
health care costs, global HIV/AIDS, racial disparities, and women's health
policy.
Kaisernetwork.org (www.kaisernetwork.org) is an online resource for non-partisan,
timely coverage of health policy developments, debates and discussions. It
offers transcripts and live and archived webcasts of issue-based briefings,
congressional hearings and other health policy events.
KaiserEDU.org (www.kaiserEDU.org) provides students, faculty and others
interested in learning about health policy with background and analysis on
health policy topics at the center of national debates.
The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH)
www.mffh.org/policy.html
Description: The health policy section of this website
provides access to MFH publications, including reports on the state of health
policy in Missouri and nationally, issue briefs and surveys on various
health-related issues and information on Medicaid and health disparities in the
state of Missouri.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
www.rwjf.org/pr/index.jsp
Description: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a private
foundation that works to improve the health and health care of all Americans.
One out of every four grant dollars goes to research and evaluation. By funding
research (which includes policy analysis) and evaluation, RWJF strives to
improve the nation's ability to understand key health and health care issues.
The RWJF Research Center provides access to reports, policy briefs, surveys,
reviews of research methodologies, datasets, and evaluations.
MFH provides the Health Resource Directory as a resource
for the community. The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement
by MFH of the linked websites, or the information, products or services
contained therein.