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Directories & Search Engines

• Achoo! Internet Gateway to Healthcare
  
  
• Case Management Resource Guide
  
  
• DoctorDirectory.com
  
  
• Hospital Web
  
  
• Virtual Hospital

Databases

• Agency for Health Care Research
  
  
• Helping Patients.org a database of drug assistance programs for patients on limited income
  
  
• National Health Information's Resource Library

General Resources

• Community Health Status Report 2000
  
  
• Darmouth Atlas of Health Care
  
  
• Families USA: the Voice for Health Care Consumers
  
  
• HealthGrades: Health Care Report Cards
  
  
• InteliHealth (John Hopkins University)
  
  
• Multinational Comparisons of Health Care
  
  
• Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Resource Center  provides information and help on judging the quality and selecting the proper nursing home for an elderly family member. It also provides addresses and phone numbers that will provide help in addressing any home that neglects or abuses a family member while in that home's care
  
  
• Nursing Home Overview  Information on choosing a certified nursing home and/or alternative care plans. Provides an interactive tool that allows Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers to access comparison information about nursing homes. It contains information on every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country, including over 17,000 nationwide.