Research Guide to Health Care Administration Statistics
Table of Contents
Introduction
Books
Journals
Internet
Other data sources
Introduction
The purpose of this guide is to assist faculty, students, and staff of
the University of Chicago find health
care administration statistics. (Including: managed care, Medicaid, Medicare,
and health insurance issues) This guide is not meant to be exhaustive
but to highlight key resources for locating information on this topic.
Books
For
electronic access to books, try searching the MD
Consult database. You can search within an individual textbook, or
run a search across ~ 40 textbooks simultaneously for your topic.
Use the Library
catalog to locate relevant print and
electronic books in the University Library.
Try to identify general texts on your topic and you should be able to
find the data you need. Excellent data is buried within textbooks; just
because a textbook has not been labeled in the catalog as a statistical
resource does not mean that important numerical data is not included within
the work. You will need to browse textbook and textbook chapters for tables
and graphs on your topic in order to retrieve desired information.
Subject headings in the catalog often do not include terms like statistics
unless the book only reports summary data, like in a survey. Instead,
browse or search the catalog using broad and narrow subject terms related
to health care administration. Catalog tip: use the "*" wildcard
to search for variations of your root term. For example child*
to search for child or children or children's. You
can then combine these subject terms with the type of data you are interested
in. For example Cost effectiveness and Medicare.
Delivery of Health Care
Health care reform
Health Policy
Health Services Administration
Insurance, Health
Medical care
Managed care plans (Medical care)
Medical care, Cost of
Medical Policy
Public Health Administration
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
United States -- Statistics, Medical
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Title
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Author |
Date |
Collection |
Call# |
| The challenge of regulating managed care
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edited by John E. Billi and Gail B. Agrawal. |
2001 |
Crerar Stacks |
RA413 .C45 2001 |
| Advancing federal sector health care :
a model for technology transfer |
Peter Ramsaroop ... [et al.], editors. |
2001 |
Crerar Stacks |
RC971 .A28 2001 |
| Source book of health insurance data. |
Health Insurance Institute. |
1999 /2000 |
Crerar Library Reference |
RA413.5.U5S72 |
| The Dartmouth atlas of health care, 1998. |
Dartmouth Medical School |
1998. |
Crerar Library Reference |
RA407.3.D378 1998 |
| AHA guide to the health care field. |
American Hospital Association |
1997-present |
Crerar Library Reference |
RA977.A497 |
| Profiles of Medicare : Medicare. |
Health Care Financing Administration |
1996 |
Crerar Library Reference |
fHD7102.U4P76 1996 |
| The Dartmouth atlas of health care / United
States, Great Lake States, East South Central States, Great Plains
States , New England States, South Atlantic States, Middle Atlantic
States, Mountain States, West South Central States, Pacific States |
Dartmouth Medical School. |
1996 |
Crerar Library Reference |
RA407.3.D378 1996 |
| Sourcebook of Health Insurance Data 1999/2000 |
Health Insurance Association of America |
1999 |
Crerar Library Reference |
RA 413.5.U5S72 |
Journals
Business and Economics: Finding Articles
The business/economics
librarians of the University of Chicago are first rate. If you are
looking for information related to date related to healthcare economics,
try one of the databases used by the business community. If you need help
using this datatabase call the Business/Economics Reference Desk at 2-8716
.
MEDLINE
There are two versions of the the Medline database available.
Medline on OVID and PubMed.
MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's premier
database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE
contains bibliographic citations and abstracts from more than 4,000 biomedical
journals. The file contains over 11 million citations dating back to 1966.
The print version of this database is known as Index Medicus. Index Medicus ceased publication with the Dec 2004 edition (Volume 45).
Documentation on how to search Medline on the OVID.
Documentation
on how to search PubMed.
Internet Resources
Sites were selected based upon the authority and/or reputation
of the issuing body in addition to the quality and organization of the
website. Federal organizations, medical associations, and private organizations
are included.
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Agency/Organization
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Statistics available
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Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ is the lead agency charged with supporting research designed
to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and broaden
access to essential services.
If the links at right do not contain the specific information of
interest, you may also wish to browse
the research areas of the AHRQ.
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- Comorbidity
Software Comorbidity software assigns variables that identify
comorbidities in hospital discharge records using the diagnosis
coding of ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases,
Ninth Edition, Clinical Modifications). This document describes
the software that creates the comorbidity measures reported by
Elixhauser et al. (Comorbidity Measures for Use with Administrative
Data. Medical Care, 1998;36:8-27).
- Healthcare Cost &
Utilization Project (HCUP) A family of administrative, longitudinal
databases, Web-based products and software tools developed as
part of a Federal-State-Industry partnership to build a standardized,
multi-state health data system. HCUP data are used for research
on hospital utilization, access, charges, quality and outcomes.
The data are used to describe patterns of care for uncommon as
well as common diseases, analyze hospital procedures, including
those that are performed infrequently, and study the care of population
sub-groups such as minorities, children, women, and the uninsured.
- Medical Expenditure Panel
Survey (MEPS),.National Statistics organized by Diagnosis-Related
Group, principal Diagnosis, and by Principal Procedure
- Research Findings
(brief summaries)
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Center
for HealthCare Strategies
Promotes high quality health care services for low-income populations
and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. |
- Resource Library All items in the Resource Library are free, and include: CHCS Briefs and Toolkits; Resource Papers authored by CHCS grantees; and numerous resources, such as tools used by organizations involved in CHCS quality improvement initiatives. Search the library by topic, keyword(s), organization, and more.
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Center
for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
The mission of HSC is to inform health care decision makers about
changes in the health care system at both the local and national levels
and the effects of such changes on people. HSC seeks to provide objective,
incisive analyses that lead to sound policy and management decisions,
with the ultimate goal of improving the health of the American public.
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- Insurance
Coverage & Costs (HSC analyses focus on both private
and
public insurance coverage, the uninsured and the cost
of health care. HSC research provides insight into a range
of topics, including how health care costs are changing, why the
nation's number of uninsured continues to rise and how employer-sponsored
coverage is changing. This area also includes analyses of incremental
public insurance expansions, both proposed and implemented.)
- Access
to Care Includes the uninsured and those with low income as
well as racial and ethnic minorities and people with chronic conditions.
HSC research also documents differences between patients in HMOs
and other types of plans, such as differences in the types of
barriers to care they face.
- Local
Markets & Managed Care Analyses examine commercial plans as
well as plans participating in Medicare+Choice and Medicaid managed
care, as well as organizations that have adopted managed care
techniques to deliver services to the uninsured. Key analyses
compare experiences and outcomes for patients in HMOs and other
kinds of plans on such critical dimensions as access, service
use, satisfaction, and cost. Others consider the perspective and
experience of physicians, physician groups and consumers to managed
care. And, others document the kinds of techniques that managed
care plans are using to manage both cost and quality.
- HSC Publications
- CTS Data Files (Data from the CTS surveys are made available
to the public through the Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).)
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The
Commonwealth Fund
Private foundation that supports independent research on health and
social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and
policy. |
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CMS is the federal agency that administers the Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program. |
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Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The mission of JCAHO is to improve the quality of care provided to
the public through the provision of health care accreditation and
related services that support performance improvement in health care
organizations. |
- Joint Commission Standards are available on their web site when they are in Field Review or in Draft status only. Published standards are only available in accreditation manuals and can be purchased from Joint Commission Resources.
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National
Center for Health Statistics
NCHS is responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination
of statistics on the nature and extent of the health, illness, and
disability of the U.S. population |
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Social
Security Administration
Manages the nation's social insurance program, consisting of retirement,
survivors, and disability insurance programs, commonly known as social
security. (The United States Government Manual 1996/1997) |
A wide range of statistics are available
from the following two offices of the SSA:
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U.S. Census
Bureau
A division of the Department of Commerce established to collect census
information every ten years. |
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Other data sources
Health Services
Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj)
A database of citations to research-in-progress funded by federal,
state, private organizations, and foundation grants and contracts, HSRProj
provides access to information about research in progress before results
are available in published form. For more information read read the fact
sheet available from the National Library of Medicine. INSTRUCTIONS
FOR SEARCHING: This file is available from the NLM Gateway. Enter your
search terms in the box, then from the results list, select those citations
under the "Other Collections"category.
Health Services/Sciences
Research Resources (HSRR) HSRR is a searchable database of information
about research datasets and instruments/indices. Users may examine and
compare characteristics of some of the resources employed in Health Services
Research, and the Behavioral and Social Sciences. The database includes
brief descriptions of research resources and links to PubMed. It also
includes URLs of providers for additional information or access to the
resources.
Health Services Technology Assessment
Texts (HSTAT)
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text is a searchable collection
of large, full-text clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments
and health information. For more information read the fact
sheet from the National Library of Medicine.
CCH Internet Research Network:
Health and Human Resources
Covers Health Law and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) legal issues. Full
text of the Labor Law Reporter, Employment Practices Guide, Pension Plan
Guide, labor law journals, and compliance manuals for human resource managers.
Need help? Read the Quick
Start Guide before searching. The law reference librarians of the University
of Chicago are first rate. If you need help using this datatabase call the
Law Reference Desk at 2-9631.
Statistical Universe
Major tool for statistical research. Covers data from U.S. federal and
state governments; university research centers, private associations and
organizations, and independent research groups; and international and
intergovernmental organizations. Records include abstracts, with full
text of selected U.S. federal and state publications available from as
early as 1995.
Statistical Universe is the online equivalent of the following resources
available in print. You will need to consult the print version in order
to conduct historical research.
American statistics index (ASI)
Reading Rm, floor 1 Regenstein Z1223.Z7A51 (1973-)
Index to international statistics (IIS)
Reading Rm, floor 1 Regenstein (1983-)
Statistical Abstract of the United States
At multiple locations. Please check holdings. HA202.A2 (1878-)
Statistical reference index (SRI)
Reading Rm, floor 1 Regenstein Z7554.U5S71(1980-)
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