Health & Health Care

Portrait of Health in the United States: Major Statistical Trends & Guide to Resources -

REF RA407.3 .P67 2001

(Includes cancer incidence, survival, and mortality rates; reported cases of notifiable diseases, national trends; health insurance coverage data; who pays for national health expenditures.)

Health Care 2000: A Strategic Assessment of the Health Care environment in the United States:

REF RC 395 .A3 H43 2000

Health, U.S., Chartbook

REF RA407.3 . U57a pt.2

Mental Health, United States:

REF RA790.6 .M464

Statistical Abstract of the United States:

REF HA202 .S72

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Medical Care Cost

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

(Agency that provides health insurance via Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program.)

Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare

Health Economics

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

PHF: Public Health Foundation

(State data links. Public health expenditures, Healthy People 2010 planning, improving health in communities, and identifying community health status.)

Statistical Abstract of the United States

State Health Facts Online

(Select "50 State Comparisons" // "Health Costs & Budgets" From the Kaiser Family Foundation.)

Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace

U.S. Census Bureau - Health Insurance Data

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - Health Care Costs

States Moving Towards Comprehensive Health Care Reform

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL)

National Health Policy Forum

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

RAND: Health COMPARE

Health Hippo

Robert Wood Foundation

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