Medlibbers: I'm appealing to your collective wisdom to help me with this one. One of our directors would like to know the utilization rates per 1000 people for non-invasive cardiac testing. I asked for more clarification and was told that utilization rate is the number of uses per 1000 people: i.e. 60 people per 1000 are in need of an echocardiogram or stress test. I asked for more clarification and have not received a reply in the week since. I'm at a loss as to where to look for this information. I have tried Medline, Health Care Advisory Board, our Solucient data and the web. The best thing I could find was the report Non-Invasive Cardiac Testing in Ontario: http://www.ices.on.ca/file/Cardiac_Testing%20Report_Oct_2004.pdf <http://www.ices.on.ca/file/Cardiac_Testing%20Report_Oct_2004.pdf> All of the statistics are for Ontario so that part isn't going to make my director happy, but the narrative had some interesting points. I'm sure there is something I'm missing. I would appreciate any hints you can provide. Thank you! Veronica Stewart Assistant Librarian St. Francis Health System 6161 South Yale Avenue Tulsa, OK 74136 918-494-1210 918-494-1893 fax [log in to unmask] ********* Email Confidentiality Statement ********* Visit http://www.saintfrancis.com/emailconf.asp