An inventory of U.S. health care data bases

This inventory presents brief descriptions of 144 current (1976-1982) nonbibliographic, computer-readable data bases containing national health care information that have been collected by public and private sector organizations and agencies throughout the United States and that are available to researchers outside the sponsoring organization. The descriptions include information about sponsors, purpose and scope, sampling procedures, frequency, and availability; they also include Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) indicating the content of each data base. In addition, names and telephone numbers of persons to be contacted for further information are provided. The descriptions are indexed by data base titles and by MeSH terms.