subscribe to this pageAHRQ is the lead Federal agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of healthcare, reduce its cost, improve patient safety, decrease medical errors and broaden access to evidence-based information on healthcare outcomes.
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by rodrigue
...on 17-APR-06
Source for population, housing, economic and geographic data for the U.S., individual states, counties, and towns.
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies. Search by: topics (links A-Z); agencies (listed alphabetically), and geographical locations (states, counties, Congressional Districts, and Federal judicial districts)>
Kaiser foundation website provides basic health facts for most countires, and includes citations and links to the data sources.
Provides a variety of reports, publications, data and statistics on matters relating to health, nutrition and population in underdeveloped countries. Some topics covered are: health systems development; population/reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; nutrition; poverty and health, and public health. Information can be searched by topic, country, and region.
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by rodrigue
...on 09-FEB-07
The Dartmouth Atlas Project works to accurately describe how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project offers comprehensive information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as individual hospitals and their affiliated physicians, in order to provide a basis for improving health and health systems.
Data covers: core health indicators; mortality and health status;disease statistics; health system statistics; risk factors and health service coverage, and inequities in health.
One-stop data source for health, nutrition and population indicators from various national and international data sources. Provides direct access to more than 100 indicators, with time series for countries and country groups from 1960 to the most recent year, where data are available.