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Provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions, including more than 690,000 doctors of medicine (MD) and doctors of osteopathy or osteopathic medicine (DO).

Produced by the editors of U.S. News & World Report (USNWR). Updated on the USNWR Website in an interactive format.

The American Hospital Association and U.S. News & World Report launched an online directory of the nation's hospitals, including information on types of treatment and specialized services, telephone numbers and Website addresses.

Duke University Health System is a world-class health care network dedicated to providing outstanding patient care, educating tomorrow's health care leaders, and discovering new and better ways to treat disease through biomedical research.

Duke offers a wide range of patient services to meet your health care needs. Browse for conditions and procedures (listed alphabetically) and then click the topic to learn what Duke can do for you.

To find a Duke University Health System location for health care, search by address, or browse by city or by services offered.

A data tool from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care that reflects both the amount of time spent in hospital and the intensity of physician services delivered in the hospital. Select one or more hospitals, either from a list, or by state and region, according to the relative intensity of inpatient care delivered by the providers. Prepared reports are given for the selected hospitals. 3 basic reports: the Medicare Spending Report; the Resource Allocation Report; and the Patient Experiences Report.

Provides information by hospitals participating in a national project called the Hospital Quality Alliance. It includes data on how often hospitals follow best practices for patients with heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia.

Descriptive information include name, address, phone and fax numbers and email addresses. Currently about 12,000 hospitals are listed.

USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State.