Having the right data in your hands Lets you:

• Understand costs, charges and reimbursements.
• Measure practice variations among regions.
• Develop an understanding of relevant disease prevalencies.
• Focus on communicating with investigators, hospital administrators and investors.
• Determine burden of illness for various health conditions.

 

 

Featured Articles

• Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with spine problems, 1997-2006. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Sep 1;34(19):2077-84.

  STUDY DESIGN: Analysis of nationally representative survey data (MEPS) for spine-related health care expenditures, utilization and self-reported health status. OBJECTIVE: To study trends from 1997 to 2006 in per-user expenditures for spine-related inpatient, outpatient, pharmacy, and emergency services; and to compare these trends to changes in health status.     more

• Prevalence and determinants of isolated systolic hypertension among young adultsJ Hypertens. 2009 Sep 2;  [Epub ahead of print]

  Examines the prevalence and determinants of ISH in young adults using the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)     more