(Posted February 15, 1998; Archived March 16, 1998)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/mm_publc.htm

JCAHO accredits almost 18,000 healthcare organizations and programs. The page of the site most useful to the majority of users is Quality Check which is the searchable Directory of Accredited Organizations. Information included from a search is address, phone, accreditation rating and if available, a full performance report. There is also an annotated list links to health care web sites.

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(Posted January 15, 1998; Archived February 15, 1998)

Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cc97stab.html

This is the web page on the Census Website for the 1997 Statistical Abstract of the United States for download. There are nearly 1,500 tables. 1995-1997 edition sections are arranged side by side which allows easy downloading of comparison statistics from multiple years.

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