Research Guides: Healthcare: Find Articles, Reports, & Statistics

Healthcare - Keywords

Keywords to improve your search:

healthcare / health care	healthcare industry	public health	healthcare policy & reform
health services	international healthcare	public health system	health services related companies
medical	pharmaceutical	complementary medicine	alternative medicine
biotechnology	supplements	medical devices	patient experience
technology	data security	providers	insurance
policy / policies	regulation	reform	administration
management	knowledge management	information technology	communication
quality maintenance	financial	strategic	trends / issues / challenges

Articles on Healthcare

Find articles on issues and hot topics in healthcare

Use the resources from the Getting Started page to help you discover issues, topics and keywords.

Academic Search Complete (via Ebsco)
Multidisciplinary and peer-reviewed journals, periodicals, reports, and eBooks with comprehensive coverage in key areas of academic study.Help Guide
ProQuest (Multi-Database Search)
Access to multiple ProQuest databases in one click. Provides full text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Scholarly and general interest literature in business, social sciences, science and technology, and humanities. Help Guide
Health Source: Consumer Edition (via Ebsco)
Collection of consumer health information with magazines, scholarly journals, and pamphlets. Help Guide
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (via Ebsco)
Full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more. Help Guide
Alt-HealthWatch (via Ebsco)
Focuses on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.. Help Guide
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) eLibrary
Provides over 900,000 research papers in the social sciences (including business) from over 470,000 researchers in more than 50 disciplines. FAQs

PubMed Central
Online database of full text journal articles. Search healthcare and a keyword. For example: delivery, reform, fraud, information technology, artificial intelligence, etc.

Search scholarly journals for articles

Health Affairs (scholarly journal)
Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy and health services research.
Healthcare (journal)
Healthcare is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on health care systems, industry, technology, policy, and regulation, and is published quarterly online by MDPI.
HealthManagement Journal
Leading leadership and management journal for healthcare professionals.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
JAMIA is AMIA's premier peer-reviewed journal for biomedical and health informatics. Includes informatics articles in the areas of clinical care, clinical research, translational science, implementation science, imaging, education, consumer health, public health, and policy.

Websites with articles & reports

Health Economics
Find articles on current issues and trends in healthcare. Knowledge@Wharton. University of Pennsylvania.
U.S. National Library of Medicine - Health Services Research
Data, Tools & Statistics. Search HSR topics for articles - download full text PDFs.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
A federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Use this resource for statistics, data sets, programs, and research reports.

Healthcare Statistics & Data Sets

Find statistics and data sets

Statista
Find statistics, consumer survey results, and industry studies from over 22,500 sources on over 60,000 topics in 600 industries from 50+ countries. Help Video
Sage Data (Statistical Datasets)
Explore a vast collection of U.S. and international statistics. With this dynamic tool, you can scan and search the contents of billions of datasets, compare and contrast variables of interest, and create customized views in tables, maps, rankings, and charts. Views also include descriptive summaries of the datasets and data sources. Datasets cover a wide range of subjects – including business, finance, banking, economics, sociology, political science, demography, agriculture, education, international studies, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy resources and industries, and more. Sources include public, private/commercial, and nongovernmental organizations. Help Guide

Websites with important healthcare statistics

State Health Facts - Kaiser Family Foundation
Interactive map. Multiple categories to research.
HealthData.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Data.gov Health
Explore datasets, tools, and applications related to health and health care. These resources come from across the Federal Government with the goal of improving the health and lives of all Americans.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
A federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Use this resource for statistics, data sets, programs, and research reports.
U.S. National Library of Medicine - Health Services Research
Data, Tools & Statistics. Search HSR topics for articles - download full text PDFs.

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Data & Statistics Research Guide

Healthcare Industry & Company Research

Find industry and company information

D&B Hoovers
Annual company reports, ratio data, executive information, analyst reports, SWOT analyses, credit ratings and recent developments. Also includes, industry reports. Help Guide

Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook 2019-2020
Digital Report [PDF]

Healthcare - Policy & Reform

Find information on healthcare policy and reform

Use the resources from the Getting Started page, and the resources listed above to help you discover issues, topics and keywords related to healthcare policy and reform.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (hhs.gov)
Laws & Regulations. Programs & Services.
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
A federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Use this resource for statistics, data sets, programs, and research reports.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
JAMIA is AMIA's premier peer-reviewed journal for biomedical and health informatics. Includes informatics articles in the areas of clinical care, clinical research, translational science, implementation science, imaging, education, consumer health, public health, and policy.
Health Affairs (scholarly journal)
Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy and health services research.
Healthcare (journal)
Healthcare is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on health care systems, industry, technology, policy, and regulation, and is published quarterly online by MDPI.