Tools & Resources for Researchers

Understanding and interpreting new data sources can be exciting, rewarding and challenging. Here are a few other places with interesting health care data.

Tools     Downloads    Links

Tools

Commonwealth Fund Chart Cart

This online tool was created to allow researchers easy access to PowerPoint ready data on key health care trends.

Interactive Health Reform Implementation Timeline

Created by the Kaiser Family Foundation this interactive timeline explains the provisions of the law and when they will be implemented.

Downloads

Health Care Industry Overview

The St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition produces this annual report on the quality and finances of health care in the St. Louis region.

Health In the United States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s comprehensive look at our nation’s health.

Links

www.whynothebest.org

This website by The Commonwealth Fund provides quality information on hospitals from across the nation.

www.dartmouthatlas.org

For more than 20 years, the Dartmouth Atlas Project has used Medicare data to show dramatic variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States.