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Added line is this color Deleted line is this color <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><font size="3"><strong><a href= -"Medical_Devices">Medical Device regulation</a></strong></font></span></p> +"http://reimbursement.atwiki.com/page/Medical_Devices">Medical Device +regulation</a></strong></font></span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><font size="3"><em><span style= "FONT-WEIGHT: bold">For Managed Care Coverage Policies, Coverage Development, and Technology Assessment</span>,</em></font></span><em> see </em><a href= "http://reimbursement.atwiki.com/page/Managed%20Care"><em>Managed Care</em></a></p> <h3 class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></h3> <h3 class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small><em>Also see </em><a href= "http://reimbursement.atwiki.com/page/Technology%20Assessment"><em>Technology Assessment</em></a></small></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Databases/Data Sources</span></b></p> <ul> <li style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><small>American Hospital Association's <a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/index.html">2008 Chartbook - Trends Affecting Hospitals and Health Systems</a></small></li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/chartbook/2008/08chartbooktoc.ppt"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Table of Contents</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch1.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 1: Trends in the Overall Health Care Market</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch2.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 2: Organizational Trends</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch3.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 3: Utilization and Volume</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch4.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 4: Trends in Hospital Financing</span></strong></a></span></b></span><strong><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></strong></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch5.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 5: Workforce</span></strong></a></span></b></span><strong><span lang= "EN" style= "FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></strong></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch6.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 6: The Economic Contribution of Hospitals</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/ch7.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Chapter 7: Community Health Indicators</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/trendwatch/chartbook/2008/08glossary.ppt"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Glossary</span></strong></a></span></b></span><strong><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span></strong></li> <li><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN" style= "FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><a href= "http://www.aha.org/aha/research-and-trends/chartbook/archive.html"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: rgb(21,53,203); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; TEXT-DECORATION: none"> Archive (2000-2007)</span></strong></a></span></b></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">HCUPnet</span></a></span><font size="2"> -- HCUPnet is a free, on-line query system based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). It provides access to health statistics and information on <u>hospital inpatient</u> stays at the national, regional, and state level.</font></li> +<li style="list-style: none"> +<ul> +<li><strong>Clinical Classification Software</strong> - <a href= +"http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccs/AppendixASingleDX.txt">DIAGNOSES</a> +(January 1980 through September 2008)</li> +</ul> +</li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul> <li>HCUP <a href= "http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/db_products.jsp">Calendar</a>- Database and Product Releases</li> </ul> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <small><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/ahcd1.htm">Ambulatory Health Care Data</a></small></li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small>National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)</small></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small>National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)</small></li> </ul> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <small><a href= "http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/meps_query.jsp">Medical Expenditure Panel Survey</a> (MEPS)</small></li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small><a href= "http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetHC.jsp">MEPSnet/Household Component</a> provides easy access to nationally representative statistics of health care use, expenditures, sources of payment, and insurance coverage for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. MEPSnet/HC allows you to generate statistics using MEPS Household Component public use files.</small></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small><a href= "http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetIC.jsp">MEPSnet/Insurance Component</a> provides easy access to national and state level statistics and trends about health insurance offered by private establishments and state and local governments. MEPSnet/IC guides you step-by-step in locating statistics of interest across all available years using data from the MEPS Insurance Component Summary Data Tables.</small></li> </ul> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small style= "FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ResDAC -- <a href= "http://www.resdac.umn.edu/medicare/data_file_descriptions.asp">Medicare Data Files</a></small></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <small>KaiserEDU.org -- <a href= "http://www.kaiseredu.org/research.asp?id=268">Data Sources</a></small></li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small>Public Health/Vital Statistics</small></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small>Health Care Financing and Delivery</small></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small>State Level</small></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><small>Related Data Sources<br></small></li> </ul> </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/metadb.php"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MetaDB</span></a><font size= "2"> -- </font></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font size="2">a sorted, searchable collection of biological databases. Most entries in the meta database include a relevant peer-reviewed abstract or excerpt along with a link to the abstract or full text article. Particularly relevant database categories include:</font></span></li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/index.php?catid=14"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Anatomy</span></a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/index.php?catid=48"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cancer</span></a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/index.php?catid=52"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Drug and Drug Design</span></a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/index.php?catid=65"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MEDLINE interfaces</span></a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/index.php?catid=76"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Public Health</span></a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.neurotransmitter.net/metadb/index.php?catid=75"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Scientific Literature and Services</span></a></span> </li> </ul> </li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul type="circle"></ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b><font size="2"><b>Health Services Research </b><b><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/hsrsites.html"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Information Center</span></a></span></b></font></b></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul type="circle"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Federal agencies</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size= "2">Associations</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Datasets and data sources</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Epidemiology and health statistics</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Evidence-based medicine and health technology assessment</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size= "2">Funding</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Health policy and health economics</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size= "2">Informatics</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Public health</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Rural health</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">States resources</font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size= "2">Disparities</font></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <b><font size="2"><b><big><br> Health Care Spending</big><br></b></font></b> <ul> <li><small>California Healthcare Foundation's <a href= "http://www.chcf.org/topics/healthinsurance/index.cfm?itemID=133630">Health Care Costs 101, 2008 Edition</a> (April 2008)</small></li> <li><small>KaiserEDU.org - U.S. Health Care Costs</small></li> <li style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none"> <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?imID=1&parentID=61&id=358"><small> Background Brief</small></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=358&imID=2&parentID=61"><small> Key Data</small></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=358&imID=3&parentID=61"><small> Policy Research</small></a></li> <li><a href= "http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=358&imID=4&parentID=61"><small> Webcasts/Presentations</small></a></li> <li><small><a href= "http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=358&imID=5&parentID=61">Key Organizations</a><br></small></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><br> Medical Dictionaries</span></b> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href="http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">On-Line Medical Dictionary</span></a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href="http://www.emedicine.com/">eMedicine</a></span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href= "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html"><span style= "FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MedLine Plus: Medical Dictionary</span></a></span></li> </ul> |