Statistics Sources: Health Sciences
US Health Services
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County Health RankingsCollaboration between RWJF and U of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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HealthData.govAccess to U.S. Health & Human Services data. Includes topics of health care workers, health care services, social and family services, finance and expenditures, income and poverty.
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Kaiser State Health FactsState-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing and state legislation.
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HCUPState, regional and national level discharge data, available for purchase. Includes State Inpatient Databases (SID), State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD), State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD), Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), and Kids' Inpatient Database (KID). Free tools include AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs), Clinical Classifications Software (CCS), Comorbidity Software, and HCUPnet, a web interface to free HCUP data.
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WISQARSAn interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data.
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HSR Information Central (HSRIC)National Library of Medicine portal of health services research resources including links to data, funding announcements, reports, podcasts, & discussion groups.
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HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources)Data resources used in health services research, the behavioral and social sciences and public health.
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Dartmouth Atlas ProjectUses Medicare and Medicaid data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians.
Insurance and Workforce
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Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security BulletinStatistical tables on programs administered by the Social Security Administration— Social Security, and the Supplemental Security Income program. In addition, data is available on Medicare and Medicaid and social insurance programs, including workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability insurance, Black Lung benefits, and veterans' benefits.
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CMS.gov Data NavigatorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) dataAHRF contains variables for each of the nation's counties and provides information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics.
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MEPS (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey)A set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States providing data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.
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Nursing Workforce Survey DataHRSA survey of characteristics of the registered nurses in the workforce.