Health Facilities

Children

1.	My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/MyTrip.pdf




2.	Going to the Hospital Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/places/hospital.html

Directories

1.	Hospital Compare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/




2.	Quality Check Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/qualitycheck/directry/consumer/zipcode.aspx

Financial Issues

1.	Paying for Outpatient Services: A Guide for People Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/02118.pdf

Law and Policy

1.	Medicare Announces Final Payment Changes for Long Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/media/press/release.asp?counter=1028

National Institutes of Health

1.	Hospital Hints National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/hospital.asp

Organizations

1.	American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org/




2.	Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Or http://www.jcaho.org

Overviews

1.	Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qualguid.pdf




2.	Helping You Choose the Hospital for You Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...

Related Issues

1.	Who's Who in the Hospital Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9273/35328/387281.html?d=dmtH...




2.	Where Can I Find the Joint Commission Standards? Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/ebcu/unions/where+can+i+find+the+standards.htm




3.	What Kind of Doctor Is a Hospitalist? Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/hospitalist.pdf




4.	Getting the Most Out of a Visit with Your Doctor American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=350&topcategory=Pat...




5.	Helping You Choose Quality Ambulatory Care Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




6.	Helping You Choose Quality Behavioral Health Care Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




7.	Helping You Identify Quality Laboratory Services Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/making+better+choices/helping+you+choos...




8.	Report a Complaint about a Health Care Organizatio Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/public+input/report+a+complaint/index.h...

Specific Conditions

1.	Selecting a Hospital United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/beforethetransplant/hospital/hospital.aspx




2.	JAMA Patient Page: Intensive Care Units American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ4U3LON2D&sub_...




3.	Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/doctor/birth_centers_hospitals.html




4.	JAMA Patient Page: Academic Health Centers American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZT0ZRRZQC&sub_...

Statistics

1.	Physician Visits Reach 824 Million in 2000 National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/02news/physician.htm




2.	National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/ad/331-340/ad338.htm




3.	HCUPnet - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://hcup.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.asp




4.	FASTATS: Hospital Utilization Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hospital.htm




5.	Current Patterns of Hospitalization in the United National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/03news/hospitalization.htm

Teenagers

1.	What's It Like to Stay in the Hospital? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/hospital_stay.html