Appendices cover other subjects such as community information and referral services. Richter Reference RA977 .K78 Healthstar. Produced National Library of Medicine and the American Hospital Association, this bibliographic database provides access to journal articles, books, government documents, proceedings, etc. on health care administration and delivery focusing on economics, planning, and policy. It also covers clinical literature that emphasizes evaluation of patient outcomes and effectiveness of procedures, programs, products, services, and processes. Provides financial, utilization, personnel, facilities and services data, based on the American Hospital Association annual surveys of hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or certified as providers of acute services.
Information is organized by geographical area, bed-size, ownership type, and other categories.
Includes a section on trends based on data analysis. Their site contains information on physicians, dentists and other health care practitioners, reports on malpractice payments, adverse licensure, clinical privileges and professional society actions. Nursing Boards and Licensure Resources . Profiles of U.S. Hospitals. Using measures similar to Hospital Statistics, provides financial, operational and clinical information on hospitals based on cost reports submitted to Medicare.