Health Facilities Health information topics about 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   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/medidir/public_html/carp/autocache/f08f308c2a734eff75114115a30d9d37 [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.