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Bookmarks

HISTORY

The John Snow site at UCLA
The Centre for History in Public Health
Death Rates 1900 - 2005
History of Penicillin
How healthy is the world - bmj.com A view of health similar to mine.
NHS History (the US health system is about where the NHS was 60 years ago!)

HEALTH SYSTEMS

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American Healthcare Is the Best in the World If. .!
Amertica's Healtth Rankings
IOM - Insuring America's Health (Do you think Congress read this?)
Kaiser FF - State Health facts
Kaiser FF - Research Tools
Kaiser FF - Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace (and the President says the new bill will control costs! )
Glossary of Health Care Terms. \

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Integrated care A position paper of the WHO European office for integrated health care services. This proposal is similar to the "Medical Home" being suggested by the new health care bill.

Useful links to scan

Important Reference: Nat'l Academies Press, The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century (2003), View Executive summary and Table of Contents

Optional readings

Snapshots of Health Care Costs - KFF
Health of UK - Statistical Analysis -Wanless Health
Improving Health in the Community

GOAL SETTING
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WHO Millenium Goals
Improving Public Health Goals (from the IOM - Preface ONLY)
National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP)
Interactive Table om Health System Reform, (From the Commnwealth Fund)

Useful links to scan

Public-Private Partnerships: Mobilizing resources to achieve Public Health Goals
European Work plan 2005 - pdf
U.K. Health Protection Agency
Global Data

Course Resources on the web. These links can be used to
answer many of the issues discussed throughout the course.

CA DPH Public Health Resources on the Internet
Weaknesses in the Public Health System from the RWJ Fuonbdation
Welcome to AMIA Home page of the American Informatics Association
World Health Organization
Public opinion About Public Health