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American Hospital Directory
Hospital profiles that include key characteristics, services provided, utilization statistics, accreditation status, financial information, and more.
AHA Annual Survey Database
For George Mason University affilates, assess via Data and Digital Scholarship Services
Hospital Utilization (in non-Federal short-stay hospitals)
National Center for Health Statistics
National Hospital Care Survey
Collects data on patient care in hospital-based settings to describe patterns of health care delivery and use in the United States.
Dartmouth Atlas Project
Documented striking variations in how medical resources were distributed and used in the United States through June 30, 2024. The website will continue to provide historical Dartmouth Atlas rates (through 2019) and associated documentation.
AHA Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals
Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project (HCUP) Fast Stats
Summary statistics on inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and priority topics, by select characteristics

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Find industry and market share profiles for Healthcare in the US including information on hospital industry, home care services, primary care physicians and more.
GuideStar Pro This link opens in a new window
Offers information on U.S. nonprofits; searchable database of more than 1.7 million IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations and foundations. Profiles include revenue and expenses, contact information, 990s, mission statements, and governance information.
Note: Database limited to four simultaneous users.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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Mergent Online is transitioning to a new platform called Mergent Market Atlas. Institutions will be able to provide access to both platforms until Mergent Online sunsets on June 30, 2025.
Delivers comprehensive suite of authoritative financial information. Up to 4 years of key financial information on over 400,000 global private companies; integrated screening and searching for public and private companies; full company reports in pdf format; ability to view competitors on both private and public companies.
BizMiner This link opens in a new window
Resource offers industry financial analysis benchmarks for over 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more. Market analysis reports are available at the national and local levels down to the zip code.

WHO Global Health Observatory
Provides data classified according to health related topics
Maternal and Child Health
Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA provides information to improve health of America's mothers, children and families
World Health Organization (WHO) Programs and Publications
Topic pages on range of global health issues include statistics, reports, news
National Guideline Clearinghouse
NGC is a public resource for summaries of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUPnet) 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 hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.
Health Information National Trends Survey Data Set HINTS collects nationally representative data routinely about the American public's use of cancer-related information.
National Center for Health Statistics From CDC, NCHS provides statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
State Health Facts (Kaiser Family Foundation) comprised of more than 800 health indicators and provides users with the ability to map, rank, trend, and download data.
NationMaster.com International compilation of data from key government and agency sources such as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Data: Crime; Disasters; Education; Environment; Health; Immigration; Lifestyle and Mortality.
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care The project uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Integrates more than 80,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 22,500 international sources. Includes statistics and studies gathered from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, government sources and international organizations. Create graphs, reports and infographics. Data is easily exportable for analysis. Statista reports now allow you to create your own interactive industry comparisons with Tableau Workbook. Find the free tool at the Tableau website.
AHA Annual Survey Database This link opens in a new window
Census of United States hospitals based on the AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals. Download survey data for analysis in Excel, SAS and other statistical software packages. Note: Limited years available to Mason students, staff and faculty.
AHA Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement Database This link opens in a new window
Contains current survey data on healthcare technology adoption and indicators in response to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Download survey data for analysis in Excel and statistical software packages. Note: Limited years available to Mason students, staff and faculty.

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
Consists of six databases that contain different types of independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.
JAMAevidence This link opens in a new window
Uses Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) to help decision makers identify the best available evidence by Providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. Includes text of two books (Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice and The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis), education guides, glossary, calculators, worksheets, question wizards, weekly RSS feed of featured JAMA articles, compiled clinical scenarios, podcasts, and user-level customization features.
SAGE Research Methods and Cases Online This link opens in a new window
Provides an overview of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioral sciences. Includes SAGE book and reference material on research methods, and editorially selected material from SAGE journals. Also includes a searchable collection of case studies of real social research, commissioned and designed to help users understand abstract methodological concepts in practice.

PRISMA
An evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions.
Epi Info
A free set of software tools for data analyses with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs for public health professionals
HealthMap
Delivers real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Collected by CDC, surveillance data and epidemiological reports on disease and injury.
CDC WONDER
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research -- an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) available to public health professionals and the public at large.