NUR 5103 - Health Care Organizations

For further information on class-related topics, check out the list of recommended websites and online documents below:

World Health Organization: Programmes and Projects

List of all WHO programmes and departments. Sections especially relevant for this course are the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Health Systems (and Univeral Health Coverage), and Health Statistics and Information Systems

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: Health Systems in Transition Reports 

These health system reviews are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a country’s health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development. The series covers the countries of the WHO European Region as well as some additional OECD countries. They are updated on a regular basis.

Eurohealth: Health Systems and the Financial Crisis

Eurohealth is a quarterly publication that provides a forum for researchers, policy-makers and experts to express their views on health policy issues and so contribute to a constructive debate on health policy in Europe. 

Eurohealth: Health System Snapshots: Perspectives from Six Countries

Eurohealth is a quarterly publication that provides a forum for researchers, policy-makers and experts to express their views on health policy issues and so contribute to a constructive debate on health policy in Europe. 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: National Healthcare Quality Reports

Annual reports from the US Department of Health and Human Services that measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care.