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Subject Resources: Health Policy, Health Services & Administration

Databases
	California Vital Statistics Data Tables Official source of demographic planning for State planning & budgeting.
	Congressional Research Service Reports
	Doctor's Guide: Congress Resource Center
	Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
		Ovid	1985-present
	Health Sciences Multi-eBook Search Search the content of Health Sciences eBook collections in a single query
		WebFeat Express
	HealthSTAR( Ovid )
		Ovid	1966-present
	MEDLINE In-Process through OvidSP Contains recent records waiting to be indexed and loaded into MEDLINE.
	MEDLINE (OvidSP) With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
		Ovid	1950-present
	National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based Practice Guidelines
	National Health Information Center
	OvidSP at USC (Includes MEDLINE and other databases)
	PubMed@USC With USC Links to full-text journals and library catalogs.
			1966 to date.
	Science Citation Index Expanded Citation database for the sciences
			1900 to present
	U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Data
	Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases.
			1900-present
eBooks
	American Hospital Directory
	Case Management Resource Guide online version of Dorland's Case Management Resource Guide
	Challenges for the FDA Challenges for the FDA: The Future of Drug Safety, Workshop Summary
	Clinical Practice Guidelines Each Guideline reflects the state of the knowledge, current at the time of its release, on effective and appropriate care.
	Clinician's Pocket Reference Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
	Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Ebrary Internet-based library of over 30,000 electronic volumes
	Emergency Medical Services At the Crossroads
		See More Info for access information.
	Ending the Tobacco Problem Ending the Tobacco Problem : A Blueprint for the Nation
	Future of Disability in America
	Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care
		Stat!Ref
	Handbook of Medical Informatics Reviews different aspects of computer support in medicine.
	Health Sciences Multi-eBook Search Search the content of Health Sciences eBook collections in a single query
		WebFeat Express
	Health, United States Health, United States is an annual report on national trends in health statistics.
		Single Journals See More Info for access information.	1975-present
	Health, United States, 2005 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Health, United States, 2006 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
		NCBI Bookshelf
	Health, United States, 2007
		NCBI Bookshelf
	National Academies Press Full text of books published since 1994
			1994-present
	NIH Telephone & Services Directory
	R2 Library Collection of health sciences books
		R2 Library
	To Err is Human: Building a Safer Healthcare System
	Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach
		Access Medicine - McGraw-Hill
		Access Pharmacy - McGraw-Hill
	Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Pharmaceuticals
	Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials Basic concepts, methodologies, and applications in clinical trials
		Wiley Reference Works
Web Sites
	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
	America's Children : Key National Indicators of Well-Being A report that includes detailed information on a set of key indicators of child well-being.
			(1998)-present
	American Health Care Association (AHCA)
	American Hospital Association (AHA)
	Best Hospitals
	California Department of Health Services
	California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD)
	California Physician News on public health policy and medicine, from the California Medical Association
	Center for Health Statistics: Office of Health Information and Research- California Reports Vital and disease statistics for California
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
	Data Bases Available to All USC Researchers Databases locally available to USC researchers.
			varies
	Health, United States Health, United States is an annual report on national trends in health statistics.
		Single Journals See More Info for access information.	1975-present
	HHS Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources
	HIPAA Information from the US DHHS Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services
	HIPAA Regulations From the US DHHS Office for Civil Rights
	Iowa Public Health Information
	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
	Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
	National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based Practice Guidelines
	New York Academy of Medicine Grey Literature Report
	Public Agenda Online Source for public opinion and policy analysis
	Public Health Matters
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
	U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
	USC Office of Compliance/Human Subjects Education IRB compliance resources.
	WikiHealthCare A Joint Commission Sponsored Forum
	Worldmapper: The World as You've Never Seen It Before
eJournals
	Administration in Mental Health
		MetaPress (Springer)	Vol. 1 (Sep. 1973)-v. 15, no. 4 (June 1988)
	America's Children : Key National Indicators of Well-Being A report that includes detailed information on a set of key indicators of child well-being.
			(1998)-present
	American Journal of Community Psychology
		Springer-Verlag	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan./Mar. 1973)-present
	American Journal of Managed Care
			Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1995)-present
	American Medical News Abstracts and selected articles only.
		American Medical Association Journals See More Info for access information.	(July 1995)-present
	Annual Review of Public Health Comprehensive reviews of topics dealing with public health
		Annual Reviews	Vol. 1 (May 1980)-present
	BMC Health Services Research
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1 (2001)-present
	BMC International Health and Human Rights
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1 (2001)-present
	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
		Cambridge University Press	Vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-present
	Chronic Illness
		Sage Publications	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 2005)-present
	Clinical Cornerstone
		MD Consult	Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 2001)-present
	Consensus statements / NIH Consensus Development Conference Historical Consensus Development Program Statements
			1990-1992
	Education for Health (Abingdon, England) Education for health : change in training & practice.
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 13, no. 1 (Mar 2000)-present
	EDUCAUSE Review Formerly Educom Review, studies use of technology in education.
			Vol. 35 (Jan./Feb. 2000)-present
	Educom Review
		See More Info for access information.	Vol. 29 (Jan./Feb. 1994)-v. 34 (Nov./Dec. 1999)
	Effective Clinical Practice
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug./Sept. 1998)-v. 5, no. 3 (May/June 2002)
	Evaluation & the Health Professions
		Sage Publications	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1978)-present
	Evaluation and Program Planning
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 18, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995) -- present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1978)-v. 17, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994)
	Evidence-Based Health Policy and Management
		MD Consult	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1997)-v. 2, no. 4 (Dec. 1998)
	Evidence-based Healthcare : A Scientific Approach to Health Policy
		MD Consult	Vol. 3, no. 1 (Mar. 1999)-v. 8, no. 4 (Aug. 2004)
	Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health
		MD Consult	Vol. 8, no. 5 (Oct. 1, 2004)- v. 9, no. 6 (Dec. 2005)
	Federal Register
		Freely Accessible Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1936)-present
	Fortune
		Freely Accessible Journals See More Info for access information.	Vol. 111, no. 1 (Jan. 1985)-present
	Hastings Center Report
		Project Muse	Vol. 35, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 2005)-present
	Health Affairs (Project Hope) Focuses on important aspects of health policy and managed care
		First Search (OCLC)	Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 1998)-v. 22, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2003)
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Winter 1981)-present
	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 2003)-present
	Health Care Analysis Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy.
		MetaPress-Miscellaneous publishers	Vol. 7, no. 1 (1999)-present
	Health Care Financing Review
		Freely Accessible Journals See More Info for access information.	Vol. 20, no. 2 (Winter 1998)-present
	Health Care Financing Review. Statistical Supplement
		Single Journals See More Info for access information.	(2001 Edition)-(2004 Edition)
	Health Care Management Review Some issues are missing
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Winter 1976)-present
	Health Care Management Science
		MetaPress-Miscellaneous publishers	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1998)-present
	Health Care Manager Some issue are missing
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 20, no. 3 (Mar. 2002)-v. 22, no.4 (Oct./Nov./Dec. 2003)
	Health Care on the Internet
		Haworth Press	Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 2002)-Vol. 6, No. 4 (Sept. 2002)
	Health Care Supervisor
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text See More Info for access information.	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1982)-v. 17, no. 4 (June 1999)
	Health Communication
		Informaworld	Vol. 1, no. 1 (1989)-present
	Health Economics Examines theoretical contributions, empirical studies, and analyses of health care policy from the economic perspective
		Wiley Interscience	Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 1997)--present
	Health Education and Behavior
		Sage Publications	Vol. 24, no. 1 (Feb. 1997)-present
	Health Education Research
		Highwire Press	Vol. 11, no. 1 (Mar. 1996)-present
	Health Forum Journal
		See More Info for access information.	Vol. 42, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1999)-v. 46, no. 3 (summer 2003)
	Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
		ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals	Vol. 31, no. 1 (Jan. 1995)-present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 4, no. 1 (1984)-v. 30, no. 1-3 (Oct.-Dec. 1994)
	Health Research Policy and Systems
		BioMedCentral Open Access	Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 2003)-present
	Health Services Research : HSR
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 37, no. 1 (Feb. 2002)-present
	Health, United States Health, United States is an annual report on national trends in health statistics.
		Single Journals See More Info for access information.	1975-present
	HSMHA Health Reports
		PubMed Central	Vol. 86, no. 1 (Jan. 1971)-v. 87, no. 2 (Feb. 1972)
	Inside Case Management
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 11 (Feb. 1995)-v. 6, no. 9 (Dec. 1999) & v. 8, no. 10 (Jan. 2002)-v. 10, no. 12 (Dec. 2003)
	International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
		Cambridge University Press	Vol. 15, no. 1 (Jan. 1999)-present
	JAMA & Archives Journals Collections
		American Medical Association Journals	(Jan. 1998)-present
	JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
		American Medical Association Journals	Vol. 279, no. 1 (Jan. 1998)-present
	JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1999)-v. 1, no. 4 (Dec. 1999) & v. 3, no. 1 (Mar. 2001)-present
	Journal of Allied Health
		IngentaConnect	Vol. 30, no. 1 (Spring 2001)-present
	Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1978)-present
	Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
		Haworth Press	Vol. 7, no. 1 (2003)-present
	Journal of Health and Human Services Administration : JHHSA
		Single Journals	Vol. 23, no. 1 (Summer 2000)-present
	Journal of Health Care Finance
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 26, no. 2 (Winter 1999)-present
	Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
		Project Muse	Vol. 15, no. 1 (Feb. 2004)-present
	Journal of Health Economics Articles related to the economics of health and medical care
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 14, no. 1 (May 1995) -- present
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1982)-v. 13, no. 4 (1994)
	Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law focuses on initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health--past, present, and future.
		Project Muse	Vol. 24, no. 4/5 (Aug./Oct. 1999) & v. 25, no. 1 (Feb. 2000)- v. 29, no. 6 (Dec. 2004)
	Journal of Healthcare Management
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 44, no. 5 (Sep. 1999)-v. 45, no. 5 (Sep. 2000)
	Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 25, no. 1 (Mar. 1997)-present
	Journal of Library Administration
		Haworth Press	Vol. 18, no. 1 (1993)-present
	Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy : JMCP
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (July/Aug. 1995)-present
	Journal of Medical Entomology
		BioOne	Vol. 37, no. 1 (Jan. 2000)-present
	Journal of Medical Systems
		Springer-Verlag	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1977)-present
	Journal of Nursing Administration Some back issues are missing
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no, 1 (Jan. 1971)-present
	Journal of Palliative Medicine
		Mary Ann Liebert Online	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1998)-present
	Journal of Practical Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Abstracts only.
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-v. 5, no. 6 (Nov. 1999)
	Journal of School Health : JOSH
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 75, no. 3 (Mar. 2005)-present
	Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools
		American Speech-Language-Hearing Association : ASHA	Vol. 33, no. 1 (Jan. 2002)-present
	Lippincott's Case Management Lippincott's Case Management: managing the process of patient care
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 5, no. 4 (July/Aug. 2000)-v. 11. no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2006)
	Medical Care Research and Review Publishes anything on medical care research.
		First Search (OCLC) See More Info for access information	v. 56, no. 1 (1999)-- 2004
		Highwire Press	Vol. 56, no. 1 (Mar.1999)-present
	Medical Economics The business magazine of the medical profession ..
		Freely Accessible Journals See More Info for access information.	Vol. 76, no. 15 (Aug 1999)-present
	Medical Education
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 30, no. 1 (Jan. 1996)-v. 39, no. 1 (Jan. 2005)
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 31, no. 5 (Sep. 1997)-present
	NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr 1970)-present
	Nursing Administration Quarterly Some back files are missing
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1976)-present
	Nursing Case Management Nursing Case Management : managing the process of patient care
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1996)-v. 5, no. 3 (May/June 2000)
	Nursing Management (Harrow, London, England : 1994) Nursing Management (RCN)
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1 no. 8 (Jan. 1995)-present
	Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing : OJKSN
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 1993)-Vol. 10, no. 1 (Apr. 2003)
	Open Medicine a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.
		Directory of Open Access Journals	Vol. 1, no. 1 (2007)-present
	Outcomes Management
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan./Mar. 2002)-v. 8, no. 1 (Jan./Mar. 2004)
	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
		PLOS: Public Library of Science	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 2007)-present
	Population Health Metrics
		BioMed Central	Vol. 1, No. 1 (Apr. 2003)-present
	Professional Case Management
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 12, no. 1 (Jan. 2007)-present
	Qualitative Health Research
		Highwire Press	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1991)-present
	Quality Management in Health Care : QMHC Vol. 11, no. 2-4 (2002) never published.
		Journals@Ovid Ovid Full Text	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 1992)-v. 7, no. 4 (Summer 1999) & v. 10, no. 1 (Fall 2001)-present
	Quality of Life Research
		MetaPress-Miscellaneous publishers	Vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 1997)-present
	Social Science & Medicine (1967)
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1967)-v. 11, no. 17-18 (Dec. 1977)
	Social Science & Medicine. Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 12 (1978)-v. 14, no. 6 (Dec. 1980)
	Social Science & Medicine. Part C, Medical Economics
		ScienceDirect Medicine & Dentistry Backfiles	Vol. 13C, no. 4 (Dec. 1979)-v. 15C, no. 4, Dec. 1981
	USC Health Sciences Women's Faculty Association newsletter
			No. 99 (Apr. 2001)
	USC Medical Faculty Women's Association newsletter
			No. 97 (May 1998)-no. 98 (Dec. 1999)
	Value in Health
		Blackwell-Synergy	Vol. 1, no. 1 (May/June 1998)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 1, Programs and Collection Procedures
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (Aug. 1963)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (May 1963)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 11, Data from the National Health Survey Series 11, Data from the National Health Examination Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (Apr. 1964)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 12. Data from the National Health Survey
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (July 1965)-no. 24 (Mar. 1974)
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 13, Data From the National Health Care Survey
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (Oct. 1966)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 2, Data Evaluation and Methods Research
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (June 1963)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 3, Analytical and Epidemiological Studies
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 21 (June 1983)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 3, Analytical Studies
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (Mar. 1964)-no. 20 (Mar. 1981)
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 4, Documents and Committee Reports
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (Sept. 1965)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 5, International Vital and Health Statistics Reports
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (Aug. 1984)-present
	Vital and Health Statistics. Series 6, Cognition and Survey Measurement
		Freely Accessible Science Journals	No. 1 (May 1989)-present