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Health Policy: Data table generators

Research Guide for the Department of Health Policy & Management

Customized data table generators

Current Population Survey Table Creator. Lets you create quick tabulations of CPS data 2003 to 2008: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/data/data-tools.html

MEPS Table Generator. Lets you create quick tabulations from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey household component: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetHC.jsp

BRFSS Web-enabled Analysis Tool. Lets you run quick crosstabs and logistic regression, using BRFSS data: https://nccd.cdc.gov/weat/#/

Vital Statistics Data. Access existing tables or quickly tabulate national, state and sometimes county vital statistics data: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/VitalStats.htm

NHQR and NHDR Query Systems. Access certain statistics on quality and health care disparities: http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/

Medicaid Statistical Information System Datamart. Tool to analyze state-specific information on Medicaid enrollment and expenditures: https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/MedicaidDataSourcesGenInfo/index.html

SAMHSA Data. Provides access to a variety of data sets related to substance use (and mental health), but a little cumbersome to use. : https://www.samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/samhda-substance-abuse-and-mental-health-data-archive/

PolicyMap. Online mapping tool that overlays statistical data from a vairety of sources in communities across the US, with links to the data tables from which the information was drawn. https://guides.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/PolicyMap

Neighborhood Atlas - showing the Area Deprivation Index rating by zip code, can be used to identify income disparities https://www.neighborhoodatlas.medicine.wisc.edu/