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Government Websites - Federal

• United States Department of Health & Human Services

  Their website includes an extensive section on aging, which links to agency for healthcare research and quality, CDC, NIH, NLM, AOA, Medline, etc. It is the umbrella organization for the following agencies and programs: Administration on Aging, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Elderly Care, Health Resource and Services Administration, Medicare, and the National Institute on Aging.

• Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics

  Brings together Federal agencies that share a common interest in improving aging-related data.

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Statistics and Data

  Broad range of quantitative information on Medicare's programs, from estimates of future Medicare and Medicaid spending to enrollment, spending, and claims data. CMS also offers a broad range of consumer research to help its partners and staff.

• National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

  ACDA acquires and preserves data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed to promote effective research use, disseminates them to researchers, and facilitates their use. Some data is available online and some is available via UMBC's ICPSR subscription.