Health Administration & Economics

A sampling of professional societies and organizations in the fields of health administration and health economics:

• American Hospital Association (AHA)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon)
• Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC)
• Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
• ISPOR (International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research)
• Joint Commission

A sampling of government agencies at the federal level that are involved in health administration and economics research or initiatives: 

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centers for Disease- The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF)- see: The Community Guide
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA))
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HCFA)
  • Medically Underserved Areas
• National Center for Health Statistics

A sampling of organizations that do research in health administration and health economics:

• The Commonwealth Fund
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• The Leapfrog Group
• OECD (United States)