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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.
These reports, used by policymakers, the media, health care analysts and others, have radically changed our understanding of the efficiency and effectiveness of our health care system. This valuable data forms the foundation for many of the ongoing efforts to improve health and health systems across America.
This website 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.
Just released: The newest Dartmouth Atlas report, Disparities in Health and Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries, commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program, is now available. Click here to download the report and read more about the program.
Tracking the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness: The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2008 is now available!
This edition of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care describes how care for Medicare beneficiaries with serious chronic illness varies across U.S. states, regions and hospitals. The focus is on Medicare beneficiaries who have severe chronic illnesses and are in their last two years of life. The 2008 edition both updates earlier analyses to encompass more recent data and expands the scope to include all sectors of care covered by the Medicare program: acute inpatient hospital care, outpatient services, skilled nursing and long-term hospital care, home health care and hospice.
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2008 also takes another important step - it goes beyond documenting. It proposes new ways of thinking about how to achieve better care coordination and reduce the overuse of acute care hospital services. It also offers concrete recommendations on the ways different stakeholders can use the new Dartmouth Atlas data - from choosing the right provider to reforming the U.S. health care system.
You may purchase a copy; download the report, Executive Summary, or press release; use the interactive data tools; and download hospital performance reports by state.
Data from this edition of the Atlas are featured in Consumer Reports' new online hospital rating tool.
Find Your Data
Use the links in the Atlas Data Tools menu at left to find state, region, and hospital-specific data. Download prepared tables from our Download page, or make your own tables and graphs using the Data Tools. Descriptions of the tools and step-by-step Help files can be found on the Data Tools page.
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