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Fact File: Financial Trends (10/14/2009)
The October HealthLeaders Fact File examines hospital financial trends through the first quarter of 2009.

Fact File: Planning for Profitability (9/14/2009)
The September HealthLeaders Fact File examines hospital profitability and revenue generation.

Fact File: Wellness (8/14/2009)
This HealthLeaders Fact File features data on wellness trends, including weight by gender, age, income, and education. 

Fact File: Cancer Trends (7/20/09)
This HealthLeaders Fact File features data on Cancer Trends, including payment data and prevalence by region and gender.

Fact File: Inflation and Expense Trends (6/15/09)
This HealthLeaders Fact File Featuring data on the composition of expense growth, historical trends, and labor and non-labor expenses.

Fact File: General Surgery (5/1/2009)
The May 2009 HealthLeaders Fact File on "General Surgery" features data on the top five procedures, declining Medicare payments, payments by procedure setting, and the growth of laparoscopic procedures.

Do Prevention Or Treatment Services Save Money? The Wrong Debate (4/29/2009)

Fact File: Revenue vs. Costs (4/16/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on hospital revenue compared to costs, including patient revenues, expenses, costs by condition, and the cost of circulatory conditions.

Fact File: Women's Health (3/17/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on Women's Health, including data on obstetrics and cardiovascular care.

Decline of Hospital Margins May Impair Hospitals' Ability to Obtain Capital (2/25/2009)

Using Benchmarking to Control Supply Chain and Operations Cost (2/25/2009)

Are Adolescents on Antidepressants without Psychotherapy? (2/10/2009)
Examine the results of an alarming study that indicates half of children and adolescents who are prescribed antidepressants don't receive psychotherapy.

Fact File: Medical Travel (1/20/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on medical travel, including the top clinical services received by medical travelers and the number of discharges versus charges.

Fact File: Patient Satisfaction (12/16/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File highlights patient satisfaction with physicians, medical staff, and facilities by health plan, region, etc.

Fact File: Wellness Programs (11/18/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on wellness programs.

Fact File: Present-on-Admission Indicators (10/16/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on present-on-admission indicators.

Study Examines Effect of Economy on Patient Accounts (9/2/2008)

Supply Chain Benchmarking (9/2/2008)

The Relationship Between Reimbursement and Profitability (9/2/2008)

Fact File: Doctors Diagnose Healthcare (8/18/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data from a survey of physicians on their attitudes about their jobs and the healthcare industry.

Fact File: Physician Staffing (7/17/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on physician staffing.

Fact File: Hospital Profitability (6/17/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on hospital profitability.

Fact File: Service Line Performance (3/19/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on service line performance.

Rules Aim for Better Patient Safety through Confidential Error Reports (3/10/2008)

Sleeping Pill Use Rises, Even for the Young (3/5/2008)
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports on Thomson Healthcare research examining trends in the use of sleep aids.

Fact File: Patient Safety Trends (2/15/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on patient safety trends.