National and State Sources for Gap Analysis
National Federal medical research agency www.nih.gov
Institutes of whose research is designed to improve
Health the health of the nation
National Cancer Mortality: Maps and Graphs -- www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus
Cancer data 1950-1994.
Institute
Reports and Data -- listing of a variety www.cancer.gov/statistics/finding
of reports, statistics, etc. Note listing of
interactive internet sites with state
level data. Links to other sites. A data
lovers’ delight.
Links to comprehensive cancer control cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov
resources including state plans and
includes data through 2006. A
veritable treasure trove including
country level data.
Centers for Links to CMS research, statistics, data www.cms.gov/home/rsds.asp
Medicare and and systems
Medicaid
Services
Health Care Financing Review www.cms.gov/HealthCareFinancingReview
presents information and analyses on a
broad range of health care financing
and delivery issues
Medicare Payment Advisory www.medpac.gov/about.cfm
Commission (MedPac) advises
Congress on issues as well as
analyzing access to care, quality of
care, and other issues affecting
Medicare
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative www.cms.gov/PQRI/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage
measures
National Evaluates and endorses tools for www.qualityforum.og
Quality standardized performance
Forum measurement
Centers for Division of Heart Disease and Stroke www.cdc.gov/DHDSP/library/maps/social_determinant
Disease Prevention -- listing of maps and other s.htm
Control resources on social determinants of
health.
Heart Disease & Stroke Maps. apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh2
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Data & statistics -- laundry list of data www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics
and stats.
State and Territorial Data. www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/map_page.htm
Health Data Interactive -- national www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm
health statistics for infants, children,
adolescents, adults, and older adults.
Tables can be customized by age,
gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic
location to explore trends and patterns.
Healthy People 2010 – also includes http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people.htm
objectives for Healthy People 2020 http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Agency for H-CUPnet -- online query system hcupnet.ahrq.gov
Healthcare based on data from the Healthcare
Research and Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Quality with information on health statistics
hospital inpatient and emergency
department utilization. Includes state-
level statistics.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
(MEPS) -- Links to a variety of
different data and publications on
issues such as access to care, health
insurance, disparities, mens/womens
health, etc.
MEPS for the researcher -- for those of www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/about_meps/index_rese
you who really enjoy crunching, it is archer.jsp
possible to download datasets
HIV/AIDS Costs and Use www.ahrq.gov/data/aidsix.htm
National Healthcare Quality and www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08.htm
Disparities.
State Snapshots for Quality/Disparities statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps08/map.jsp?menuId=2&st
ate=
Quality Information & Improvement -- www.ahrq.gov/qual/qualix.htm
listing of links to a variety of
resources.
Clinical Guidelines Clearinghouse www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cpgsix.htm
National HEDIS measures www.ncqa.org
Committee for
Quality
Assurance
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Organization of public health www.apha.org
American
professionals that works to ensure
Public Health
access to healthcare and eliminate
Association
disparities
National Information, research, and resources www.npsf.org
Patient Safety on professional, consumer, and
Foundation systems issues related to patient safety
Physician AMA’s PCPI provides evidence-based www.physicianconsortium.org
Consortium performance measurement sets and
for clinical performance measures and
Performance measurement resources for physicians
Improvement
Leap Frog The Leapfrog Group is a voluntary www.leapfroggroup.org
Group program aimed at mobilizing employer
purchasing power to alert America’s
health industry that big leaps in health
care safety, quality and customer value
will be recognized and rewarded.
Office of the Provides scientific information on how www.surgeongeneral.gov/
Surgeon to improve health and reduce the risk
General of illness and injury.
Office on HHS office for women’s health issues www.womenshealth.gov/owh/
Women’s
Health
Common- A private foundation that aims to www.commonwealthfund.org
wealth Fund promote a high performing health care
system that achieves better access,
improved quality, and greater
efficiency, particularly for society's
most vulnerable – reports and studies.
Commonwealth Funded Surveys on www.commonwealthfund.org/Surveys.aspx
health coverage, access and quality.
Raw data available one year post-
survey. Access to topical reports and
PPT presentations.
Why not the best? -- Quality whynotthebest.org
improvement resource with hospital
specific data; requires registration;
data by hospital, and other levels by a
variety of conditions; plus reports and
case studies.
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Kaiser Family Aggregates information from a variety www.kaiseredu.org
Foundation of sources and includes learning
modules, presentations and state-level
data.
State Health Facts -- Again, another www.statehealthfacts.org
wonderfully friendly site when you
just need to know something about
your state.
Main page -- wealth of health policy www.kff.org
related information
National NHI site concerning cardiovascular www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/other/index.htm
Heart, Lung, diseases
and Blood
Institute
National National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/statistics/index.s
Institute of Statistics – includes reports on html
Mental Health substance abuse and mental health
Guide to CDC site that includes programs and www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
Community policies to improve health and prevent
Preventive disease in local communities
Services
Robert Wood Disparities -- Access to foundation www.rwjf.org/pr/topic.jsp?topicid=1180
Johnson funded reports on a variety of issues
Foundation related to race/ethnic health disparities.
Access to all other reports -- obesity, www.rwjf.org/pr
palliative care and other RWJF
initiatives including lessons learned.
National Evidence-based clinical practice http://www.guideline.gov/
Guideline guidelines
Clearing-
house
American Cancer prevention, risks, early www.cancer.org
Cancer detection, symptoms, and statistics by
Society year and state
American Provides scientific statements, practice www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
Heart guidelines and clinical updates on
Association cardiovascular disease and stroke
Institute for Provides resources and information to www.ismp.org
Safe help healthcare practitioners prevent
Medication errors and ensure that medications are
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Practices used safely
AMA site listing all medical specialty www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/our-people/the-
National
societies and websites; many include federation-medicine/national-medical-specialty-society-
Specialty
quality improvement initiatives websites.shtml
Societies
Utah Utah state health department provides http://health.utah.gov/dataandstatistics.htm
Department of reports, health measures, and numeric
Health public health data
Non-profit community based www.healthinsight.org
HealthInsight organization whose purpose is to
improve the healthcare system in Utah
Physical Activity, Nutrition, and http://health.utah.gov/obesity/
PANO Obesity Program – Utah partnership to
promote healthy behaviors
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