http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb82.pdf

Presents the latest statistics on the inpatient costs of patients who die in the hospital. The 2007 inpatient death rate was 1.9%, but hospital stays ending in death were responsible for 5.2% or $20 billion of all hospital inpatient costs. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/health_care/pdf/health_care_bls_spotlight.pdf

Discusses health care industries and occupations from the perspective of career opportunities. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr019.pdf

Presents estimates of difficulties related to sensory, motor, cognitive, and emotional or behavioral functioning in U.S. children aged 5-17. Reports that 18% of children had difficulties with one of the areas mentioned above. From the National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.pdf

Reports that preterm infant mortality are lower in the U.S. than in Europe, but infant mortality rates for infants born at 37 weeks of development or more are higher in the U.S. than in most European countries. From the National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10681/10-26-DrugR&D.pdf

Reports that spending on prescription drugs is the fastest growing category of total spending on health care in the U.S. Between 1994 and 2004 inflation-adjusted spending on prescription drugs rose at an average annual rate of 11.1%. From the Congressional Budget Office.

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10688/hr3962Rangel.pdf

Estimates that enacting the proposed health care bill (HR 3962) would result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $104 billion over the 2010-2019 period. From the Congressional Budget Office.

http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/smallbusiness2/index.html

Discusses the way in which proposed health insurance exchanges would provide advantages for small businesses and their employees in purchase of health insurance. From Health Reform.gov

http://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2009/ac_09.pdf

Offers a compendium of 40 key indicators across seven areas on aspects of the lives of children. The seven areas are family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10689/hr3962ClarifyMeasuresBaucusLtr.pdf

Discusses the measures used to analyze the effect on federal budgets and on federal spending for health care of current legislative proposals for health care reform. From the Congressional Budget Office.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_health/ukhs3-supp/UKHS2009.pdf

Covers general health, health-related behavior, preventive health care, pregnancy and childbirth, mortality and life expectancy, and international comparisons. From the Office for National Statistics.

http://www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-01-08-00280.pdf

Provides information about appeals made by beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage health plans. Reports that MAOs make the vast majority of organization determinations in favor of beneficiaries but that fewer than 1 in 10 adverse determinations were appealed. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.