RRH Libraries: Statistics: National Statistics

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Resources

AHRQ Data The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers research-based tools and resources to help health care organizations, providers and others make care safer.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) A family of databases and software tools with the largest collection of nationwide and state-specific hospital care data sponsored by AHRQ.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) A set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers and employers in the U.S. It is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage - from AHRQ.
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports Tools for measuring healthcare quality, including the National Healthcare Disparities and Quality Reports, AHRQ Quality Indicators and ambulatory clinical performance measures.
Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD) Part of a family of databases and software tools developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).
United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) - AHRQ An on-line, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare-related metadata, specifications and standards.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Resources

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Health-related telephone surveys that collect state data for residents about their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions and use of preventive services.
CDC Wonder WONDER - Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research, access to public health indicators - measures of chronic and communicable disease, environmental health, disease and injury prevention and occupational health.
CDC Data and Statistics Access to CDC data and statistics by topic and links to other tools and resources. NOTE: as of May 2024, this page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being updated.
FastStats (NCHS) A site within the National Center for Health Statistics website that offers quick access to statistics on specific health topics.
Health, United States (NCHS) Annual report on trends in health statistics.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) From the United State’s principal health statistics agency.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) A program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States.
National Vital Statistics System (NCHS) Access to the Nation’s official vital statistics, including births, deaths, marriages and divorces.
Surveillance Resource Center (CDC) Interactive Database Systems The interactive database systems contain continuously updated data and provide data reports.
WISQARS An interactive database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death and cost of injury data.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Tracks behaviors such as injuries and violence, sexual behavior, alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, dietary behavior, asthma.

U.S. Census Bureau Resources

Explore U.S. Census data A platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Statistical Abstract of the United States Published by the U.S. Census Bureau from 1878 to 2012 - statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States.
U.S. Census QuickFacts Provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

National Statistics Resources

AHA Data & Insights American Hospital Association resources for data and statistics
American Hospital Directory Hospital data including no.of beds and services provided.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Data sources provided by CMS.
Dartmouth Atlas Project Shows how medical resources are used in the U.S. Uses Medicare and Medicaid data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and physicians.
Data.gov U.S. Government’s open data to help you find data, tools, and resources in health, science and many other areas.
HealthData.gov Brings together high-value datasets, tools and applications from Health and Human Services agencies.
Rand Corporation - Health, Health Care, and Aging Includes studies of health insurance, health care reform, and health information technology, as well as obesity, substance abuse and PTSD.
Rural Health Information Hub Data visualization resources provided by the RHI Hub.
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Cancer statistics from the National Cancer Institute.

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