There are a number of databases and web sites publicly available on the internet. Here are sites you may find useful.
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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is a family of healthcare databases that includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States, with all-payer, discharge-level information beginning in 1988. These databases enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and outcome of treatment at the national, State, and local market levels |
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Databases of Electronic Information Sources (NIH, National Library of Medicine) |
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Health Information Databases (National Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Health Resources and Services Administration) |
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NCI's Cancer Information Database (NIH, National Cancer Institute) |
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National
Guideline Clearinghouse A US produced database of clinical practice guidelines Access: Free Internet service. No password required. |
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State Health Facts Online provides health-care information on more than 200 topics, such as managed care, health-insurance coverage and the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, women's health, minority health, and HIV/AIDS. Information can be viewed for a single state or for comparison and ranking across all 50 states. |
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Alcohol and Alcohol
Problems Science Database (ETOH) ETOH contains approximately 100,000 records and is accessed by both researchers and clinicians worldwide. Included in ETOH are abstracts and bibliographic references to journal articles, books, dissertation abstracts, conference papers and proceedings, reports and studies, and chapters in edited works. Updated monthly, ETOH contains research findings from the late 1960s to the present, as well as historical research literature. Source: National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
Last Updated:
05/10/2006
By: Paige franklin
