TY - JOUR
T1 - Data Resources for Conducting Health Services and Policy Research
AU - Blewett, Lynn A.
AU - Call, Kathleen Thiede
AU - Turner, Joanna
AU - Hest, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Rich federal data resources provide essential data inputs for monitoring the health and health care of the US population and are essential for conducting health services policy research. The six household surveys we document in this article cover a broad array of health topics, including health insurance coverage (American Community Survey, Current Population Survey), health conditions and behaviors (National Health Interview Survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), health care utilization and spending (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey), and longitudinal data on public program participation (SIPP). New federal activities are linking federal surveys with administrative data to reduce duplication and response burden. In the private sector, vendors are aggregating data from medical records and claims to enhance our understanding of treatment, quality, and outcomes of medical care. Federal agencies must continue to innovate to meet the continuous challenges of scarce resources, pressures for more granular data, and new multimode data collection methodologies.
AB - Rich federal data resources provide essential data inputs for monitoring the health and health care of the US population and are essential for conducting health services policy research. The six household surveys we document in this article cover a broad array of health topics, including health insurance coverage (American Community Survey, Current Population Survey), health conditions and behaviors (National Health Interview Survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), health care utilization and spending (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey), and longitudinal data on public program participation (SIPP). New federal activities are linking federal surveys with administrative data to reduce duplication and response burden. In the private sector, vendors are aggregating data from medical records and claims to enhance our understanding of treatment, quality, and outcomes of medical care. Federal agencies must continue to innovate to meet the continuous challenges of scarce resources, pressures for more granular data, and new multimode data collection methodologies.
KW - data
KW - health services research
KW - household survey data
KW - public health surveillance
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013544
DO - 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013544
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29272166
AN - SCOPUS:85044865028
SN - 0163-7525
VL - 39
SP - 437
EP - 452
JO - Annual Review of Public Health
JF - Annual Review of Public Health
ER -