Distance Learning Newsletter

Issue No. 28, Fall 2009

Health Care Management Resources

America's Health Rankings
http://www.americashealthrankings.org
It focuses on 22 different health measures to determine national health benchmarks.

Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare
http://www.dartmouthatlas.org
It provides comparative data on hospital expenditures.

Health in the Americas
http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm
This site profiles health care systems of the Pan American Health Organization's member countries.

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/databases.jsp
This project is a series of databases that enable researchers to identify, track, and analyze trends in health care.

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
Documents the health status of various populations and monitors trends in health care delivery.

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
http://ncqa.org/
The site offers free access to report cards and recommendations for future quality improvement.

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr07.htm
Summarizes health care quality and access among various racial, ethnic, and income groups.

National Vital Statistics System
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm
Official source for U. S. vital statistics.

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOIS)
http://www.who.int/whois/en
This interactive database provides core health statistics for 193 member states.