Research Guides
Commercialization: Medical
Resources supporting biomedical, environmental, and engineering innovations and product development.
Disease State: Patient Care Overviews & Clinical Practice
Evidence-based clinical decision-support tools. Excellent sources of clinical care information for diseases and health conditions, including incidence & prevalence information, diagnosis, treatment, unmet needs.
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov* Information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies from around the world.
* Includes protocols and results for trials that are enrolling, completed, withdrawn, or terminated.
Health Care Costs
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - data and reports* CMS Data Navigator
* Medicare Provider Utilization & Payment Data
* CMS Drug Spending - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - AHRQData on the specific health services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for. Surveys also contain data on U.S. health insurance coverage.
More health sciences information resources
Clinical and Preclinical Articles
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
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* Major database covering journal articles on biomedical research, clinical care, public health. - EMBASE This link opens in a new window
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* Important literature database (articles & conference abstracts) for therapeutics, diagnostics, and devices. Search by drug name, lab code, device, or manufacturer.
Health Statistics
- Health Statistics Guide - UW Health Sciences Library* Recommended sources for state, national, and international health statistics and data.