LibGuides: Locating Health Statistics: Health Care

Health Care - Comprehensive Resources

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Includes hospital data, including information on in-patient care, ambulatory care, and emergency department visits. US Agency for Healthcare Cost and Utilization (AHRQ).
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Data derived from the records of hospitals and other providers.
Features statistical summaries of cases including information about diagnoses and procedures.
National Health Care Surveys
Includes the use of health care resources, the quality of health care, including safety, and disparities in health care services. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Designed to answer key questions of interest to health care policy makers, public health professionals, and researchers. Includes provisions of services to population subgroups.
Area Health Resources Files (AHRF)
County level Information on health facilities, health care professions, hospitals and healthcare facilities, census, population data and environment
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US Dept of Health and Human Services

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Comprehensive information on the health status of Americans, health insurance coverage, and access, use, and cost of health services. US Agency for Healthcare Cost and Utilization. AHRQ.
Data (Healthcare expenditures/Hospital Usage)
Statistics on various aspects of health care expenditures and hospital usage, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Health Insurance Data
Coverage, health status/medical service utilization. Related tables and press releases.
National Health Expenditure Data
Historical and projected health spending in the U.S. From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
trends for measures related to access to care, affordable care, care coordination, effective treatment, healthy living, patient safety, and person-centered care
Core Topic: Social Determinants/Disparities
Raw data related to the social determinants of health. Association of Health Care Journalists
Health Equity (UToledo Library Guide)
Recommended resources as well as suggestions for searching catalogs, databases, and the web