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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Alternate Title(s)
- CMS
- Description
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offers researchers and other health care professionals a broad range of quantitative information on programs, from estimates of future Medicare and Medicaid spending to enrollment, spending, and claims data, and a broad range of consumer research to help its partners and staff. CMS also conducts demonstration projects to explore alternative policies...
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Delivery of Health CareHealth Care Costs
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- Free to AllFee RequiredApplication Required
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Area Health Resources File
- Alternate Title(s)
- AHRF, Area Resource File, ARF
- Description
The Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) provides current as well as historic data for more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation's counties, as well as state and national data. It contains information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In addition,...
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Delivery of Health CareHealth Care CostsPopulation CharacteristicsQuality of Health Care
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- Free to All
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- MEPS
- Description
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for, as well as data on the cost, scope,...
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Health Care CostsHealth Care Utilization
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- Free to AllFee RequiredApplication Required
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National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- NAMCS
- Description
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is a national survey designed to provide objective, reliable information about the provision and use of ambulatory medical care services in the United States. The survey was conducted annually from 1973 to 1981, in 1985, and annually since 1989. The survey samples visits to non-federally employed office-based physicians who are primary engaged in...
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Delivery of Health CareHealth Care UtilizationQuality of Health Care
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- Free to AllApplication Required
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Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Alternate Title(s)
- CE
- Description
The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) contains two surveys: the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey. Both surveys provide information on the purchasing habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics (e.g., age, education, occupation). The Quarterly Interview Survey (CEQ) includes information on monthly out-of-pocket expenses...
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Health Care CostsHealth Care Utilization
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- Free to AllApplication Required
