Health Statistics -- Hidden Treasures

Tuesday, September 4, 2007
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
DHMC, Auditorium E

• Presentation Audio/Video Stream
• Research Guide: Health Statistics

1. In 2004, what was the leading cause of visits to the emergency room for persons 65 years and older?
2. In 2004, what was the health expenditure per capita for the Democratic Republic of the Congo? for the US?
3. How many doctors per 100,000 people are there in New Hampshire?

Finding health statistics can be frustrating; most of the best statistics are hidden from Google. This Library Grand Rounds demonstrated a few librarian "tricks-of-the-trade." Also covered were the wealth of statistics available through the Dartmouth Library.

[ Answers: 1. Chest pain (375,000) 2. $5.00; $6,096.00 3. 260 ]

This Library Grand Rounds was presented by John Cocklin, MLS, MBA, Government Information Librarian at Baker-Berry Library, Dartmouth College.

Library Grand Rounds are a forum for presenting information resources and tools of interest to Dartmouth clinicians. Please contact us, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future Library Grand Rounds (Biomedical.Libraries.Education@Dartmouth.edu, or call 603-650-1683.)

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for up to one hour in Category I credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.