Health Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services
• Kentucky Cancer Registry
• Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program
• Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
• Kentucky Department of Insurance
• Kentucky Department for Mental Health & Mental Retardation Services
• Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

Health Facts & Statistics

• Kentucky: Most Common Causes of Death (PDF file. Search the CDC site for Leading Causes of Death Reports by selecting "Kentucky" under the Census Region/State category.)
• Kentucky Cancer Registry
  • Cancer Incidence Reports
• Kentucky Kids Count
• Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
• New AIDS Cases Reported by Year (HIV/AIDS Services)
• State Health Facts Online New!
• Traffic Accident Statistics (PDF files. Kentucky State Police)

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Medical & Health Education

• College of Medicine (University of Kentucky)
• College of Pharmacy (University of Kentucky)
• Department of Allied Health and Human Services (WKU)
• Department of Nursing (WKU)
• School of Medicine (University of Louisville)
• South Central Area Health Education Center
• UK Chandler Medical Center

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Public Health Concerns

• Governor Proposes Bold Plan for Distributing Phase I Tobacco Settlement, Includes Health Care and Farm Economy Initiatives
• Health Care Reform (HB 250, 1994 General Assembly)
• Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment)
• Health Insurance Policy and Managed Care Division (Dept. of Insurance)
• Is There Anything Rural Hospitals Can Do To Get and Keep Physicians?
• KY Dept of Insurance - Health Care Bulletin (Dept. of Insurance)
• Laws and Regulations (Dept. of Insurance)
• Market Responses to Kentucky’s Health Insurance Reforms (an article by Michael Clark and GinnyWilson, U of K)
• Minutes of Health Insurance Advisory Council Meetings
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• State Health Care Reform (pdf file)
• Tobacco Control Archives (Index to Brown & Williamson documents given to the University of California, San Francisco)

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Hospitals & Medical Care

• Appalachian Regional Healthcare
• Caritas Health System (Louisville)
• Greenview Regional Hopspital (Bowling Green)
• Insiders' Guide to Greater Lexington Hospitals and Medical Care
• Jennie Stuart Medical Center (Hopkinsville)
• Jewish Hospital (Louisville)
• Kentucky Hospital Association
• Kosair Children's Hospital (Louisville)
• Medical Center at Bowling Green
• Medical Centers and Hospitals
• Norton Health Care (formerly Alliant Health System) (Louisville & southern Indiana)
• Regional Medical Center at Madisonville
• Resource center for all Kentucky women's physical and mental health
• Wayne County Hospital

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For More Information . . .

• Kentucky Medical Association
• Kornhauser Health Sciences Library (University of Louisville)
• UK Medical Center Library
• Where to Write for Vital Records (birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates)

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