Print copies of the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare in Michigan are now available for purchase. To order a printed copy of the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare in Michigan, please download, print and complete the form available below in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. The form and a check must be sent via mail. Electronic transactions cannot be accepted. Each copy of the atlas costs $35 and must be pre-paid. This price includes Michigan sales tax and shipping and handling fees.

Mail the order form and your check for the total cost of all atlases ordered to:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - Mail Code B787
600 E. Lafayette Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226
Attn.: R. Gross

To print or download order form
To view and print the atlas order form in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, click on the link further below. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print this file.

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NOTICE TO ATLAS READERS
While not giving answers, the atlas raises questions about health care service use that merit careful consideration. "High" rates of use are not necessarily bad and "low" volumes good (or vice versa). Our goal is to move toward rates that are consistent with high quality health care, which need to be determined with local clinical, community and patient discussion and dialogue.

The atlas is not a physician or hospital report card. When reviewing data, note that the Hospital Service Areas in the atlas were defined by the atlas author. They may differ significantly from what a hospital considers its market area.