IMS Health Reports U.S. Prescription Sales Grew 3.8 Percent in 2007, to $286.5 Billion

 IMS Health Reports U.S. Prescription Sales Grew 3.8 Percent in 2007, to $286.5 Billion

IMS Health, the world’s leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, today released its annual U.S. Pharmaceutical Market Performance ReviewTM, reporting that overall sales growth in the U.S. prescription market moderated to 3.8 percent in 2007, compared with growth of more than 8 percent in 2006. Total U.S. prescription sales reached $286.5 billion, with slower sales growth resulting from loss of exclusivity of branded medicines, fewer new product approvals, the levelling of year-over-year growth from the Medicare Part D program, and the impact of safety issues.

2007 U.S. Sales & Prescription Information

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Quality of Health Care

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Quality of Health Care (PDF)

Reducing health disparities is a major national concern, representing one of two overarching goals for Healthy People 2010, a set of health objectives for the nation (44).  This is a critical look at the research evidence on racial and ethnic disparities in health care. (PDF)

Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Power to Prevent

 A Family Lifestyle Approach to Diabetes Prevention (Power to Prevent)

A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith–based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African–Americans was released by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint venture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health. (PDF)

Kaiser State Health Facts

State Health Facts data from statehealthfacts.org

• Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on over 500 health, health care, and health policy topics.
• Data presented on statehealthfacts.org are updated or added as new data are made available. The schedule varies according to category and is based on both public and private sources. Sources include original Kaiser Family Foundation reports, public websites and data, and information purchased from private organizations.
• Data presented on statehealthfacts.org are based on a range of public and private sources. Sources include original Kaiser Family Foundation reports, public websites and data, and information purchased from private organizations.

North Carolina Center for Health Statistics

The North Carolina Center for Health Statistics has published the North Carolina Population & Health Data by Race and Ethnicity and the 2008 Health Data Book

The Office of Minority Health

 The Office of Minority Health

 If you need information and statistics about health disparities for African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders

The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.

2007 North Carolina Women’s Health Report Card

Center for Women’s Health Research at UNC publishes the North Carolina Women’s Health Report Card (pdf)

• Conduct research and clinical trials targeting under-funded and neglected areas of women’s health
• Coordinate interdisciplinary teams of researchers for innovative studies
• Provide grant writing, study design and implementation services to research teams
• Teach and guide the next generation of women’s health researchers
• Increase awareness of women’s health issues through community outreach efforts
• Sponsor and coordinate the annual Women’s Health Research Day
• Produce the renowned North Carolina Women’s Health Report Card every 2 years

Best Health

 http://www.besthealth.com/

the trusted source for hands-on health knowledge – brings you the expertise of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, one of the nation’s preeminent academic medical centers. Services are provided at BestHealth in Hanes Mall and at worksites through Corporate Health Services.–>