Research Guides: Healthcare Administration: Articles / Statistics

Using Databases to Find Articles

You can search for articles in one of the library's databases. See our list of Healthcare Management databases, or the recommended databases below on this page, for a list of recommended databases to search for articles on this topic.

Journals

Here is a list of journals recommended by our Healthcare Management faculty:

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Available in Academic Search Complete and Electronic Journal Center
Healthcare Executive
Articles, review articles and commentary on professional topics for managers of hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and healthcare offices.
Healthcare Financial Management
Feature articles on physician relations, medical group practices, legal issues, interviews, commentary and news of note for executives and managers in provider organizations and members of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine
Publishes articles relating to the field of health law.
Journal of Healthcare Management
[Coverage from 1/1/00 - 11/1/16] Available in many databases including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, and Medline.
Marketing Health Services
Publishes articles, review articles and commentary focusing on marketing issues of the health care industry. Case studies, health care marketing tools, book review and commentaries.

Recommended Databases

Associates Program Source
Includes full-text articles in areas often covered by associate degree programs, including alcohol & drug abuse counseling, biotechnology, computer & data processing, cosmetology, culinary arts, electrical technology, fashion design, fire science, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, interior design, law enforcement & criminal justice, travel and tourism, and more.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business journals on management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Index, abstracts, and full text of the literature of nursing and allied health.
Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK)
Full text of over 7,000 research journals.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Index, abstracts, and full text focusing on many medical disciplines.
MEDLINE with Full Text
Comprehensive index for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,370 journals.
Nursing & Allied Health
Mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources, including dissertations and systematic reviews which takes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach.
PubMed
Comprises more than 25 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
R2 Digital Library
The R2 platform includes eBooks in on a variety of topics in healthcare, including nursing, mental health topics, physical therapy, and more.

Government Sources

Federal and state government sites can be great places to find information on demographics and social issues.

U.S. Federal Government

Search USA.gov to look for information from the federal government.

USA.gov
A website which makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. This is an interagency initiative administered by the Federal Citizen Information Center, a division of the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.

State Government

For a state government, try searching Google with your topic, state and "site:.gov". This limits just to government sites.

Google government search
Google search, limited to government sites. Put your state and search term after the "site: *.gov" in the search box.

Statistics

IBISWorld
US and global industry reports, including overviews, industry performance, and outlook, key companies and statistics, operating conditions, and useful infographics.
Business environment profiles, including consumer behavior, demographics, economics, commodities, and financial markets.
Search by NAICS code or keywords.
Mergent Market Atlas
Formerly known as Mergent.

Mergent Market Atlas contains the corporate information of over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years). Also included are firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, capital stock, and insider trading.
Statista
Provides statistics, forecasts, and reports for 170 industries, and over 150 countries around the globe.

Healthcare Administration

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Using Databases to Find Articles

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