Professional Medical and Health Research Resources

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov)
https://www.cdc.gov/

COVID-19: Epidemiology, virology, and prevention - UpToDate [free access]
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/covid-19-epidemiology-virology-and-prevention

Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program | Providing information about rare or genetic diseases. (nih.gov)
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/

Improving Health and Health Care Worldwide | IHI - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
http://www.ihi.org/

IDPH | Protecting health, improving lives. (illinois.gov)
https://dph.illinois.gov/

MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
https://medlineplus.gov/

Merck Manuals Professional Edition
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional

National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Turning Discovery Into Health
https://www.nih.gov/

Home - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders) (rarediseases.org)
https://rarediseases.org/

PubMed (nih.gov)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

WHO | World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/

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AOTA Evidence-Based Practice & Knowledge Translation provides translation of the latest research and evidence-based occupational therapy
https://www.aota.org/practice/practice-essentials/evidencebased-practiceknowledge-translation

Homepage | Cochrane Rehabilitation
https://rehabilitation.cochrane.org/

ECRI Guidelines Trust® clinical guidelines repository
https://guidelines.ecri.org/

Clinical Practice Guidelines & Medical Summaries Clearinghouse & App (guidelinecentral.com)
https://www.guidelinecentral.com/summaries/

Site Home Page | Joanna Briggs Institute (jbi.global)
https://jbi.global/

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Health Measures (healthmeasures.net)
HealthMeasures consists of PROMIS, Neuro-QoL, ASCQ-Me, and NIH Toolbox
https://www.healthmeasures.net/index.php

Rehabilitation Measures | Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (sralab.org) - over 300 measurements
https://www.sralab.org/rehabilitation-measures

Health & Psychosocial Instruments database - available through NU Galter Library

CDC Databases

• Interactive database systems Public Health Data
• PHIN – Public Health Information Network [CDC]
  https://www.cdc.gov/phin/index.html
• Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS)
  https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dhis/index.html

Trip Medical Database (tripdatabase.com)
https://www.tripdatabase.com/

English - PEDro - Physiotherapy evidence database
https://pedro.org.au/

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OECD Health Statistics 2022 - OECD Organisation for Econonomic Co-op and Dev.
The OECD Health Database offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health systems

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov)

• CDC WONDER Database of analysis of public health data
• Interactive Database Systems | CDC
• PHIN Tools and Resources (cdc.gov) Public Health Information Network
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS)
• Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) | MMWR (cdc.gov)

PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)

Explore Census Data | U.S. Data and Statistics | USAGov

Public Use Data Archive | NBER

Research | World Bank

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