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National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Quality Compass rates participating health plans (e.g. HMOs)
Summary national data on childhood immunizations, health care screening, access to health care, and percentage of mental health patients readmitted to hospitals
Includes the organization's annual report

National Diabetes Fact Sheets (CDC)

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Data on health habits (nutrition, doctor's visits), health risks (smoking), and health outcomes (gall bladder, cancer)
Some longitudinal coverage since the 1960s
Data in ASCII format and codebooks in pdf

National Health-Related Web Sites (World Health Organization)

Health statistics and general statistical web sites arranged by country
This content is no longer available at its original address. The link is to the archived version at the Internet Archive dated from May 2004.

National Hospital Discharge and Ambulatory Surgery Data

Data since 1994 on patient characteristics, diagnoses, and various forms of treatment
Numerous reports in pdf format contain data table
Additional raw data files available for ftp as well as survey methodology and documentation

National Institute of Mental Health

Reports for the public include types of common mental illnesses and medications
Grant opportunities and publications for researchers and practitioners
Current clinical trials
Numerous statistics in reports, including Numbers Count: Mental Illness in America

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Pamphlets and reports on drug abuse by type of drug and type of user
Research and upcoming conferences
Drug Abuse and Addiction: Report to Congress
- Triennial report on drug abuse by type of drug and user

National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine

Ranks states on four characteristics of good hospital emergency room care: access to emergency care, public health and prevention, patient quality and safety, and medical liability
The overall state pages are supplemented by more detailed reports in pdf format
Includes recommendations for state policy changes

National Safety Council

Excerpts from its Injury Facts
Includes type of deaths by age and type of accident (car, poisoning, firearms)
School bus accidents, accidents and work and home
Costs of accidents
Full text located in the Graduate Library Reference Department as HA 217.A17 with additional copies on campus

National Substance Abuse Web Index