For more than 20 years, the Dartmouth Atlas Project has documented glaring variations in how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States. The project uses Medicare data to provide comprehensive information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as individual hospitals and their affiliated physicians. This Web site provides access to all atlas reports and publications, as well as interactive tools to allow visitors to view specific regions and perform their own comparisons and analyses.

The second edition of this comparative product will be available in the second quarter of 1997. This edition will contain all of the information available in the first edition, plus new analyses on care at the end of life, read mission rates, AAPCC, managed care, & more. To be published in both text & electronic formats: print volumes of the national Atlas, CD-ROM, & nine regional supplements.

Fully revised and updated, The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 1999 has taken the next step in helping the health care industry understand itself. Containing all the information from the original, this new edition also provides detailed analyses on readmission rates and adjusted per capita costs. The cumulative information adds up to an invaluable business tool for decision makers. With a five-color interior, The Dartmouth Atlas 1999 gives accurate local, regional, and national information on critical issues with easy-to-read charts and over 200 color-coded maps. The coverage has been expanded to include more information on care at the end of life, medical and surgical variations, and measures of the quality of care in America's hospitals.