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Recommended Resources
This page lists resources recommended by NYAM librarians that are freely available online. Please see our e-Journals and Databases for more in-depth research.




Best Hospitals, Grades, Ratings
2008 New York State Hospital Report Card
U.S. News and World Report-Best Hospitals
Center for Medical Consumers
Health Grades
Leapfrog Group

Databases
AgeLine
AgeSource/AgeStats Worldwide
Cares Directory - United Way of New York City
Household Products Database
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
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History of Medicine Resources
History of Medicine Web Links Page
Images in the History of Medicine
NYAM Historical Collections
NYAM Digital Collections

Medical Education
Association of American Medical Colleges

Pharmacology
Electronic Orange Book Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations

Public Health
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

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Statistics
2008 World Population Data Sheet
Annual Report on Social Indicators 2004. City of New York Dept. of City Planning
Association of American Medical Colleges Surveys and Data
FACTS-medical school applicants etc.
Atlas of Health in Europe
BlueCross BlueShield's The Medical Cost Reference Guide
Child Trends DataBank
Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI)
Disability and Health in the United States, 2001-2005
Health United States 2007 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Fact Sheets
HIV/AIDS, SCHIP, health insurance etc.
Global Health Facts
HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria, health workforce & capacity etc.
Health Insurance Coverage in America 2007
Statistics are broken down by age groups; gender; family income; family work status; education; household type; race/ethnicity; citizenship; and health status.
State Health Facts
Health status, Medicaid & SCHIP, women's health, minority health etc.
Kids Count Data Book
March of Dimes Peristats
National Association of Social Workers Center for Workforce Studies
National Study of Licensed Social Workers
New America Foundation
The State of State Health
New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey-2002 Data Tables
New York City Interactive Health Data
Census 1990-2000
Community Health Survey 2006
Vital Statistics
Youth Risk Behavioral Survey
Occupational Outlook Handbook
OECD Health Data
Health and health systems statistics across the OECD countries
Pew Hispanic Center
Statistical Portrait of Hispanics Living in the United States, 2006
U.S. Population Projections: 2005-2050
A Profile of the Working Poor, 2006
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2006
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Trust for America's Health
Your State's Health
U.S. Census Bureau
Counties Data files
Including data on health, housing, poverty, vital statistics etc.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
AHRQ-Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
CAHPS-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
HCUP-Health Care Cost & Utilization Project
MEPS-Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
2007 State Snapshots
Healthcare quality information organized by state
CDC-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Wonder
Health-Related Quality of Life Prevalence Data
National Center for Health Statistics
CMS-Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
HRSA-Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) Data, Primary Care Service Area Data
Women's Health USA 2008
World Population Information

Statistics on Aging
Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs - Status of Geriatrics Workforce Study
CDC Chronic Disease Prevention
Data and Statistics on Older Americans from the National Center for Health Statistics
2008 Older American Update: Key Indicators of Well-Being
2006 Older American Update: Key Indicators of Wellness
SHARE Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Some Things You Always Wanted to Know About Older Europeans.
Includes health, economic situation, employment in 11 European countries for 2004.
Trends in Health and Aging

Statistics on Diseases
Cancer Incidence in Five Continents
Cancer Trends Progress Report-2007 Update
HealthMap-Global Disease Alert Map
HIV InSite-Database of Country and Regional Indicators
68 indicators on HIV/AIDS, treatment access, general health, mortality etc.
Mapping the Epidemic, HIV/AIDS Atlas
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs
NORD National Organization for Rare Diseases Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
Almanac of Chronic Disease
Obesity Map
See these resources as well as resources from other organizations in Delicious.

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