Databases - Affordable Care Act

Databases can be used to find additional information on a topic.  They can be interactive or searchable by using either controlled vocabulary (subject headings, thesauri) or natural language.

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Implementation Resources – HealthCare.gov
URL:  http://www.healthcare.gov/law/resources/index.html

An interactive map that provides detailed, state-by-state data and statistics relating to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  This site also provides links to other resources to find grants, letters, reports, organizations, and regulations associated with the Act

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Glossary of the Affordable Care Act – HealthCare.gov
URL:  http://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/a/affordable-care.html

This database allows users to understand the language used in the Act.

PubMed - National Library of Medicine
URL:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Free database

Use Subject headings from MeSH:
            Affordable Care Act (ACA)
            Health Care Reform
            Health Care Reform Act
            Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

A free database that provides citations from MEDLINE and various other health and science journals and books. 
           

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Health Source – Consumer Edition
Subscription database - check your local library

Use Subject headings:
            Affordable Care Act
            Patient Protection
            Health Care Reform

A full-text database of information on health sciences and policy issues.