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Cost Data Prices and Wages Wages by Profession (Bureau of Labor Statistics) ! Obtain wage information for most professions in the United States. Consumer Price Index (Bureau of Labor Statistics) ! Obtain annual inflation rates on consumer and medical goods. Personnel costs by region of the world. Also includes other costs relevant to CEA. Drug Costs Drug prices by country from the University of Tokyo Medical Care Costs US Medical Provider Analysis and Review (Medpar) This dataset lists charges to Medicare and reimbursements from Medicare. May be used to convert costs to charges. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-3 Click here to access data directly (This link will take you straight to the information you want.) Contains hospital charges for approximately half the hospitalizations in the United States. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Click here to access data directly (This link will take you straight to the information you want.) This dataset is a representative sample of 40,000 U.S. households and is frequently used to obtain expenditures or charges for medical care. Expenditures more closely reflect the true cost of care. Want to know the cost of a particular laboratory test? Want to know what Medicare pays for provider visits (a good proxy for the overall cost of an ambulatory care visit)? How about renal dialysis facilities? The above link goes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies' (formerly HCFA) Public Use Files. This site is nightmarish, so be patient. International The World Health Organization's version of PCEO. A great resource for international CEA. *Drug Topics Red Book. Medical Economics Co.: Montavaille NJ; 2000. These prices are not available online. The average wholesale price listed in this book best reflects the opportunity cost of a drug. The federal prices listed here closely approximate the average wholesale price of a drug. Home | Data | Feedback and Forums | Purchase Book | Contact us | Cartoons © 2002 Peter Muennig, MD, MPH. Last update: Feb 16, 2006.
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