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Health Care Industry - Research Guide
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| Industry Analysis and Market Research | Academic and Trade Journals | Articles and News | |
| Statistics | Directories | Associations | Books |
BCC Research. Market research reports covering healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
Business Insights Interactive. Market research reports on healthcare, drug discovery, and pharmaceutical outsourcing, ranging from analysis about the market for particular indications (e.g. The Vaccines Market Outlook to 2014) to broader strategic perspectives (e.g. Optimizing Lifecycle Management).
MarketResearch.com Academic. Qualitative industry analysis (e.g. The Market for Wellness Programs and Their Impact on Pharmaceutical, Diagnostic and Device Product Markets) and quantitative research on market trends including data on market segmentation, size, and growth (e.g. Healthcare Computer System Markets and Trends In HIT Buying).
Investext via Thomson Research Analyst reports from brokers and independent research firms. Use the Research tab to search these reports (Note: For best results, use Internet Explorer for Thomson products). Other sources for analyst reports include Reuters Research on Demand (use the Properties tab for keyword searching) and Thomson One Analytics (First Call).
S&P Net Advantage. Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys are excellent resources for major industry overviews. Click the Industries tab, then select Healthcare: Facilities or Healthcare: Managed Carefrom the drop-down list.
Cost Effective Resource Allocation
Health Care Management Review.
Healthcare Financial Management.
HealthLeaders. Current issues in Lippincott Current Periodicals. Older volumes, 3rd Floor Stacks, call number RA410.A1 H435.
In Vivo. Current issues in Lippincott Current Periodicals. Older volumes, 3rd Floor Stacks, call number HD 9665.1 W563
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics.
Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.
Journal of Health Administration Education.
Journal of Healthcare Management.
Leadership in Health Services.
To search for articles and news about the pharmaceutical industry try the following sources:
ABI/Inform. For business-oriented academic journals, trade publications, and magazines. Helpful subject terms include pharmaceutical industry, drug development, and drugs.
Business Source Premier. Filter results by category, including academic journals, trade publications, industry profiles, and market research reports. Helpful subject terms include pharmaceutical industry, R&D, and prescription drugs.
Dow Jones Factiva. Global business news, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and New York Times. To view recent news about the industry from the News Pages tab, click Factiva pages and choose Pharmaceuticals from the drop-down box. Run your own keyword search by clicking the Search tab.
LexisNexis. National and international newspapers.
Medline. Premier source for clinical research, as well as coverage of health economics and policy. Content is also available via PubMed.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Research, Statistics, Data site.
Center for Studying Health System Change. Nonpartisan policy research organization the producing research and statistics on insurance costs and coverage, access to care, quality and care delivery and health care markets.
HCUP.net (Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project). Federal and selected state statistics and trends on hospital stays including procedures, diagnoses, etc..
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)
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/
