Choosing a Doctor or Health Care Service

• Overviews
• Helping You Choose the Hospital for You (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - Links to PDF File

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Physician-Patient Relations (National Institutes of Health)

• Related Issues
• Choosing a Cleft Palate or Craniofacial Team (Cleft Palate Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Choosing a Psychiatrist (American Psychiatric Association)
• Choosing a Treatment Facility (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
• Choosing an HIV Care Provider (New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Choosing and Communicating with a Cancer Specialist (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
• Choosing the Right Mental Health Therapist (Center for Mental Health Services)
• Considerations for Choosing a Bone Marrow Transplant Provider (Health Resources and Services Administration)
• Find a Plastic Surgeon: Make the Right Choice (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Helping You Choose Quality Ambulatory Care (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• Helping You Choose Quality Behavioral Health Care (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• Helping You Identify Quality Laboratory Services (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
• Home Care Service: What Is It and How Do You Find the Right Provider? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• How to Find a Physician (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases)
• It's Your Choice (American College of Surgeons)
• Know Your Anesthesiologist (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Looking for a Qualified Surgeon (American College of Surgeons)

• Research
• Are There Enough Primary Care Physicians Available to Meet the Demand? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Communication in Health Care Visits when Doctors and Patients Have the Same versus Different Ethnic Backgrounds (American College of Physicians)
• New Study Shows Critical Role for Primary Care Specialists (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• New Study Suggests that Death Rates for Some Cardiac and Cancer Surgeries May Be Linked to Surgeons' Experience (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

• Directories
• Eldercare Locator: A Way to Find Community Assistance for Seniors (Administration on Aging)
• MedlinePlus: Directories (National Library of Medicine)

• Organizations
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• National Institute on Aging

• Law and Policy
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Issues Interim Final Rule Addressing Physician Self-Referrals (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Women
• Choosing an Obstetrical Caregiver (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Children
• Finding a Doctor for Your Child (Nemours Foundation)

• Seniors
• Choosing a Doctor (National Institute on Aging)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Planning for Long-Term Care (National Institute on Aging)
  Also available in: Spanish