Last revised: November 2008

Health Services Administration

Scope: The purpose of this guide is to provide quick access to print and electronic resources covering Health Services Administration. Email the subject area specialist at nedelina@umd.edu for more information.

Health Services Administration at the University of Maryland College Park

Click here to learn more about the department of Health Services Administration within the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Finding Books

Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

• Handbook of International Health Care Systems - Thai, K.V., Wimberley, E.T., & McManus, S.M. (eds.)
  New York : Marcel Dekker, c2002.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: RA441 .H36 2002
• Handbook for the New Health Care Manager - Lombardi, D.N.
  Available Online Only
  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001.
  
• Handbook of Health Economics - Culyer, A.J. & Newhouse, J.P. (eds.)
  Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: RA410 .H255 2000
• The Handbook of Social Policy - Patti, R.J. (ed.)
  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., c2009.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: HN65 .H345 2009
• The Handbook of Social Welfare Management - Midgley, J. & Livermore, M. (eds.)
  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, Inc., c2000.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Stacks
  Call Number: HV41 .H325 2000

Journals

• The American Journal of Managed Care
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003434927
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA413.5.U5 A545


• American Journal of Medical Quality(Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003432545


• European Journal of Health Economics (Available Online Only)


• Evaluation & the Health Professions
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000774838
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA399.A1 E9


• Health Care Analysis (Available Online Only)


• Health Economics (Available Online Only)


• Health Policy
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001248181
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA393 .H4


• Health Policy and Planning (Available Online Only)


• International Journal of Health Services
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000382628
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .I49


• International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001327817


• Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety(Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003039332


• Journal for Healthcare Quality (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003430406
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodicals Room - Current Periodicals
  Call Number: N/A


• Journal of Health Care Finance
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002170726
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA410.A1 T66


• Journal of Health Care Information Management (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003093427
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: R858.A1 J674


• Journal of Healthcare Management
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002398308
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA971 .H583


• Journal of Healthcare Risk Management (Available Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003434909
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodicals Room - Current Periodicals
  Call Number: N/A


• Journal of Legal Medicine(Available Online Only)


• Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (Available Online Only)


• Medical Care (Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002204507
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RA421 .M4


• Medical Care Research and Review (Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002204507


• Statistical Methods in Medical Research (Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003038827


• Value in Health (Available Online Only)

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Databases (Finding Articles on a Topic)

• Academic Search Premier
  Multi-disciplinary database indexing articles from over 8100 journals - with full-text access for 4500 of those journals.


• CINAHL
  This resource covers the allied health fields including nursing - a great resource for finding articles which cover health and medicine.


• ERIC
  Premier database for locating articles on educations and related topics.


• Health Source: Consumer Edition
  Consumer health information resource which covers human diseases and associated topics.


• National Center for Health Statistics
  This resource contains data and statistics covering numerous health related topics.


• PubMed
  This database covers all areas related to medicine and health-related subjects.


• Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
  An excellent multi-disciplinary resource covering the sciences.


• Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
  Covers all area of the social sciences.


• SocIndex
  This tool covers all areas of sociology.

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