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Well-organized, comprehensive, and up-to-date, Health Statistics provides information professionals, researchers, students, health planners and policy makers with complete information on health statistics resources in the United States.

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9780810830561

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...the new authors have maintained the tone and style of the first edition while expanding the coverage...the content...is excellent for print resources of all types...lists of organizations and government agencies are useful. Suggestions for possible online searching options and databases will be helpful for librarians as well as inexperienced users...I would recommend the purchase of Health Statistics for most larger health sciences libraries... Medical Reference Services Quarterly The coverage is wide...Insurance and pharmaceutical companies could justify buying a copy because of the high value they can place on any useful information they obtain. Obviously it will be of value to any US organization concerned with health care. Reference Reviews This new edition of a basic guide to statistical sources will be helpful... The 2d edition, by 4 experienced health sciences librarians, updates the material and adds new soures, including electronic databases...This book is a good starting point for students doing research on health care policy and epidemiology. It would also be helpful for librarians doing reference and collection development work in these areas. Health Statistics will be a useful addition to academic health science collections and large public libraries. American Reference Books Annual

...the new authors have maintained the tone and style of the first edition while expanding the coverage...the content...is excellent for print resources of all types...lists of organizations and government agencies are useful. Suggestions for possible online searching options and databases will be helpful for librarians as well as inexperienced users...I would recommend the purchase of Health Statistics for most larger health sciences libraries... Medical Reference Services Quarterly The coverage is wide...Insurance and pharmaceutical companies could justify buying a copy because of the high value they can place on any useful information they obtain. Obviously it will be of value to any US organization concerned with health care. Reference Reviews This new edition of a basic guide to statistical sources will be helpful... The 2d edition, by 4 experienced health sciences librarians, updates the material and adds new soures, including electronic databases...This book is a good starting point for students doing research on health care policy and epidemiology. It would also be helpful for librarians doing reference and collection development work in these areas. Health Statistics will be a useful addition to academic health science collections and large public libraries. Arba

...the new authors have maintained the tone and style of the first edition while expanding the coverage...the content...is excellent for print resources of all types...lists of organizations and government agencies are useful. Suggestions for possible online searching options and databases will be helpful for librarians as well as inexperienced users...I would recommend the purchase of Health Statistics for most larger health sciences libraries... Medical Reference Services Quarterly The coverage is wide...Insurance and pharmaceutical companies could justify buying a copy because of the high value they can place on any useful information they obtain. Obviously it will be of value to any US organization concerned with health care. Reference Reviews This new edition of a basic guide to statistical sources will be helpful... The 2d edition, by 4 experienced health sciences librarians, updates the material and adds new soures, including electronic databases...This book is a good starting point for students doing research on health care policy and epidemiology. It would also be helpful for librarians doing reference and collection development work in these areas. Health Statistics will be a useful addition to academic health science collections and large public libraries. American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

Author Information

Frieda O. Weise is Director of the Health Sciences Library at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Patricia G. Hinegardner is an Information Specialist and currently serves as Mediated Search Services Coordinator at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Barbara L. Kuchan is the Resources Management Coordinator for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region (SE/A) and is responsible for the production of the SE/A Region's newsletter, SE/A Currents. Phyllis S. Lansing is an Information Specialist and currently serves as Education Coordinator at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

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