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Recommended Web Sites
Choosing
a Family Physician - The American Academy
of Family Physicians offers this advice.
Deaf
or Hard-Of-Hearing: Working With Your Doctor -
This fact sheet offers great advice on how to talk
to your doctor.
Managed
Care and You - This booklet explains
how to choose a doctor.
Ask
Me Three - These are the three questions
you need to ask your doctor.
A Guide
for People With Medicare: Choosing a Hospital - This booklet, developed
jointly by the Health Care Financing Administration
and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
can help you choose a hospital that will give you good
quality care. This site is in PDF format and will require
an Adobe
Acrobat Reader for viewing.
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality: Your Guide to Choosing
Quality Health Care
- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is
the lead Federal agency charged with sponsoring and
conducting research on the quality and outcomes of health
care services, as well as the cost, use, and access
to those services. The goal of this guide is to help
you find and use information to choose quality health
care. This site can also be accessed in PDF format,
requiring an Adobe
Acrobat Reader for viewing.
Before Going to the ER - Learn how to decide if you should be going to the ER or if that is not appropriate for your problem.
Choosing a Doctor - The National Institute on Aging has prepared this handout, but you don't have to be a senior citizen to read it.
Choosing
a Health Care Provider For Your Pregnancy - The Mayo Clinic offers this advice.
Find
a Hospital - The American Hospital Association
makes this hospital finder available through MedlinePlus.
Finding the Right Hospital - This document gives you some idea of how to choose a hospital (if you have a choice).
Guide
to Health Care Quality: How To Know It When You See
It - Click here for great information
on judging the quality of care you receive.
Health
Pages: Choosing a Health Care Provider - Articles explaining how
to find the right health care provider (including physicians,
hospitals, and fertility clinics) can be accessed from
this site.
Helping You Choose... - The Joint Commission offers help in choosing: ambulatory care, assisted living, behavioral health care, health plans, home care and hospice, hospitals, laboratory services and long term care.
Home
Care Services, How To Find the Right Provider
- The Mayo Clinic offers this good advice.
How
to Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility if You Have Cancer
- The National Cancer Institute has provided
this advice on seeking cancer treatment.
Is
an Older, More Experienced Doctor a Better Doctor?
- This is a very short summary of a large research project,
click to the site to see the answer.
KidsHealth
for Parents: How to Find a Pediatrician - This site was created by
the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health
Media and aims to provide the best children's health
information on the Internet. The information found here
is written specifically for parents and provides advice
on finding the right doctor for you and your child.
Let's
Talk Facts About Choosing a Psychiatrist
- The American Psychiatric Association offers this advice.
Medicaid
Participating Physicians Directory - Look
here for doctors who take Medicaid patients.
MEDLINEplus:
Choosing a Doctor or Healthcare Service - Developed by the National
Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs
the user to selected online resources on many common
diseases and conditions.
MEDLINEplus:
Directories - Find a doctor, a dentist,
or a healthcare facility here.
Mental Health Providers: Finding One To Suit Your Needs - The Mayo Clinic offers these tips for finding the right provider for you.
Nursing
Home Guide - Consumer Reports issues this guide
to the top (and bottom) of the list of nursing homes
in each state.
QualityCheck -
Quality Check is a comprehensive guide to the more
than 15,000 Joint Commission-accredited health care
organizations and programs throughout the United
States.
Questions
are the Answer - The US Department
of Health and Human Services offers these quick tips
on how to get more involved with your health care.
Selecting a CAM Practitioner - If you are looking for a health provider who specializes in complementary and/or alternative medicine, read this first.
Tips for Choosing a Dentist - The American Dental Association offers these tips.
Your Medical Care - The National Institute on Aging provides a number of fact sheets to help you choose health providers.
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