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STATISTICAL SOURCES	INDUSTRY and MARKET DATA	DICTIONARIES	PERIODICALS
DIRECTORIES and GUIDES	ADDITIONAL RESOURCES	WEBSITES	LOCATION CODES

STATISTICAL SOURCES

CMS (CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES). (Formerly HCFA, Health Care Financing Administration.) [HCFA data and statistics.]
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/statsdata.asp

COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOKS. 1988, 1994, 2000. Bureau of the Census.
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/ccdb/

CTS (CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE). [Community tracking study.]
www.hschange.org/

HCUPNET (HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT). [Federal and selected state statistics and trends on hospital stays.]
http://www.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.asp/

HEALTH CARE FINANCING REVIEW. STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT.
RA 410.53 H415 Suppl. (RS)

HEALTH, UNITED STATES. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
RA 407.3 U57a (RS)

HOSPITAL STATISTICS.
RA 981 A2 A6234 (Latest-RS; Others-ST)

ICPSR. (INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH).
University of Michigan.

MANAGED CARE: FACTS, TRENDS AND DATA.
RA 413.5 U5 M358 (Latest-RD; Others-RS)

MANAGED CARE YEARBOOK.
RA 413.5 U5 M363 (RS)

MEPSNET/IC (MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY). [State insurance data.]
www.meps.ahrq.gov/MEPSNet/IC/mepsnetic.asp

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/

PENN'S BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY / E-RESOURCES / DATA SETS & STATISTICS
www.library.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/res/sr.cgi?community=78&resourcetype=11

SOURCEOECD. [The OECD's online Library of Statistical Databases, Books, Periodicals]

STATISTICAL UNIVERSE. [Statistical data published iin federal, state, and selected privately published titles]

STATE-LEVEL DATABOOK ON HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND FINANCING.
RA 410.53 L67 (RS)

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE ALMANAC. [Loose-leaf update service.]
RA 960 U548 (RS)

DICTIONARIES

HEALTH SERVICES CYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY.
RA 393 T56 1997 (RS)

MANAGED HEALTH CARE DICTIONARY.
RA 413 R58 1998 (RD)

DIRECTORIES and GUIDES

AHA GUIDE TO THE HEALTH CARE FIELD.
RA 977 A1 A46 (RS)

AMERICAN HOSPITAL DIRECTORY. [Summary hospital statistics.]
www.ahd.com/freesearch.php3

NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS.
RA 413 5 U5 N334 (RD)

INDUSTRY and MARKET DATA

BUSINESS INSIGHTS.

Business Monitor International.

EUROMONITOR'S GLOBAL MARKET INFORMATION. Euromonitor.

GLOBAL HEALTH CARE MARKETS.
RA 410.56 G59 2001 (Lippincott and Van Pelt)

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PROFILE.
www.phrma.org/publications
Select Publications then Industry Profile

STANDARD & POOR'S INDUSTRY SURVEYS. The best single source for major industry overviews. Accessed through Market Insight. Click on Industry. Select an industry from the drop-down menu and click on Go. Scroll to S&P Industry Survey.

PERIODICALS

Current Issues - PER

Bound Volumes - ST

Business Collection - MT

BPOD - CD

COST EFFECTIVENESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION
An open access, online journal published by BioMed Central

HEALTH AFFAIRS.
RA 410 A1 H36 Vol. 6- ; 1987-

HEALTH CARE FINANCING REVIEW.
RA 410.53 H415 Vol. 1- ; 1979-

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
RA 393 H4 Vol.1- ; Winter 1976-

HEALTH CARE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT.
RA 421 H325 Vol.4- ; 1986-

HEALTH ECONOMICS
RA410.A1 H385 2000-

HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
BPOD December 1987-

HEALTHLEADERS
. RA410.A1 H435 2002-

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.
BPOD May 1987-

INQUIRY.
RA 410 A1 I5 1963 -

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
RA410.A1 I584 2001-

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION.
RA 440.6 J68 1984-

JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.
RA 410 A1 J725 1984-

MARKETING HEALTH SERVICES.
RA 410 A1 J7 1980/81-

WINDHOVER'S IN VIVO
HD 9665.1 W563 1996-

WEBSITES

HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY WEBSITES.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

BIOMEDICAL LIBRARY. [The University of Pennsylvania's library that serves the Medical School and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The Biomedical Library has many additional dictionaries, handbooks and directories, as well as health care periodicals not found at Lippincott.]
www.library.upenn.edu/biomed

LDI (LEONARD DAVIS INSITITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS). [University of Pennsylvania's center for health services research, health policy analysis, and health care management executive education.]
www.upenn.edu/ldi/

MEDLINE. (Latest years)

LOCATION CODES