Resources for Researchers
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Categories
- State Planning Grant Data Analyses
- State Planning Grant Sources
- Virginia Data Sources
- Other Data Sources
State Planning Grant Data Analyses
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Insurance Coverage Data Sources Compendium
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/pdf/DataSources.pdf (pdf) -
Maps and Graphs of Employer Coverage
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/va_employmentdata.html
State Planning Grant Data Sources
The links below provide access to key national and state data sources on the uninsured that are partners in the State Planning Grant.
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Access to data from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/about.htm -
County Business Patterns (CPS)
Access to data from the U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html -
Current Population Survey (CPS)
Access to data from the Current Population Survey
http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm -
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)
Access to tables from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) national survey on employer based health insurance.
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/Data_Pub/IC_Tables.htm -
Multi-State Integrated Database (MSID)
Subscription service provided by the State of Arkansas for use by states wishing to subscribe. Virginia, as part of its State Planning Grant, is a subscriber to this data extraction tool.
http://www.healthdatanow.info/ -
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
Data assistance center for states involved in planning activities
http://www.shadac.org/
Virginia Data Sources:
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Census Bureau web site with direct access to Data for Virginia.
http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/va.html -
CLIKS (County-City Community Level Information on Kids) Online Data by Kids Count
Provides access to state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools.
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/cliks.cgi -
MEPS-IC 2004 Virginia State Level Data
To access your state level data, go to the bottom of the page and open the Private-Sector State Level Data link for 2004. A list of States available for downloading will be presented. In addition the average wage quartiles are as follows:
First quartile - Average salary less than or equal to $16,956.90
Second quartile - Average salary between $16,957.00 to $29,310.03
Third quartile - Average wage between $29, 311.00 to $46,439.87
Fourth quartile - Average wage greater than $46,439.87
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/Data_Pub/IC_Tables.htm -
MEPS-IC - Special Notice
Data Update: Estimates of the percent of private sector employees who are enrolled in self-insured plans return.
In late May 2007, MEPS-IC detected a computation error that affected the data provided in Tables B.2.b.(1) Percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in self-insured plans at establishments that offer health insurance. The tables for years 1999-2004 were pulled down from the MEPS Web site at that time. The corrected tables have now been posted on the MEPS Web site for all years 1996-2005. MEPSnet has also been updated and the on-line state spreadsheets have been updated for the most recent years. Spreadsheets for earlier years will be updated shortly. Please note that the problem with this table did NOT affect the spreadsheet titled “State-level estimates by purchased/self-insured plans” that is distributed to this mailing list each year.For more information, visit http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/index.jsp
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MEPS-IC Cost of Self Insured Health Insurance Plans by State for 2004
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/Library/StatePurchasedSelfInsured2004.xls -
MEPS-IC 2003 Data (xls)
State of Virginia Private Sector Insurance Data by Firm Size, Industry Sector, % who Self Insure One Plan, Ownership and Age of Firm, Proportion of Employees who are Full Time or Low Wage (< $9.50/hr) and by Average Wage and Firm Size.
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/meps-ic-01.xls -
MEPS-IC Data for Virginia by Wage Category and Firm Size (2003) (xls)
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/meps-ic-02.xls -
MEPS-IC Data for Virginia by Region and Firm Size (2003) (xls)
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/meps-ic-03.xls -
MEPS-IC Data for Virginia by Industry and Firm Size 2003 (xls)
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/meps-ic-04.xls -
MEPS-IC Data for Virginia by Region and Average Wage Category (Median Wage-$28,586) - 2003
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/meps-ic-05.xls -
MEPS-IC Data - The Percent of Self Insured Firms by Business Size in Virginia, 2003
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/MEPS-IC-PercentOfSelfInsuredFirms.doc -
MEPS-IC National and State-level Estimates for 2005 Private-sector Establishments Broken out by Purchased Versus Self-insured Plans and Firm Size
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/mepsic-StatePurchasedSelfinsured2005.xls -
MEPS-IC Private Sector Firms in Virginia by Employment Status, Region, Industry and Firm Size, 2003
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/vatask0058_2003_est_A.xls -
MEPS-IC Private Sector Firms in Virginia by Region, Low Wage, Employment Status and Firm Size, 2003
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/vatask0058_2003_est_B.xls -
MEPS-IC Private Sector Coverage for by Firm Size, Region, and Industry, 2003
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/vatask0058_2003_plan_A.xls -
MEPS-IC Private Sector Coverage Plans by Region, Low Wage and Firm Size, 2003
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/library/vatask0058_2003_plan_B.xls -
MEPS HC-093:2006 Population Characteristics
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-093 -
State Health Facts Online
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/ -
VASTAT
A gateway to economic data provided by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Policy.
http://www.coopercenter.org/econ/VASTAT/ -
Virginia Atlas of Community Health
http://67.92.69.86/ -
Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
http://www.dmas.virginia.gov/ab-2003_stats.htm -
Virginia Department of Health - Health Statistics
http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/HealthStats/index.asp -
Virginia Department of Social Services
http://www.dss.state.va.us/geninfo/vdss_stats.html -
Virginia Employment Commission (VEC)
http://www.vec.state.va.us/vecportal/lbrmkt/lmi.cfm -
Virginia Geographic Information Network
Designed to foster the creative utilization of geographic information and catalogues GIS data available in the Commonwealth.
http://www.vgin.vipnet.org/ -
Virginia Health Information
http://www.vhi.org/ -
Virginia Statistical Abstract
http://www3.ccps.virginia.edu/
Other Data Sources:
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Adjusted Clinical Groups
Developed by John Hopkins, this method allows prediction of a population's past or future health care utilization and costs. Software is available for purchase.
http://www.acg.jhsph.edu -
Bureau of Primary Health Care
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/ -
U.S. Census Bureau
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States: 2003
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income03.html -
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/ -
CDC US Health Statistics
--Population in selected race and Hispanic origin groups, by age
--Population in group quarters, by type of setting: United States, 1990 and 2000
--Total population and older population
--Emergency department visits for falls, by sex and age: United States, 2002-2004
--Health insurance status prior to interview among persons under 65 years of age, by selected characteristics: United States, 2004
--National health expenditures as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product: United States, 1960-2004
--Personal health care expenditures, by source of funds and type of expenditures
--Low income by age, race, and Hispanic origin: United States, 2004
--Health insurance coverage at the time of interview among persons under 65 years of age: United States, 1984-2004
--Poverty by age: United States, 1966-2004
--Visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient departments, by sex and age: United States, 1997-2004 -
Community Information Resources Center (CIRC)
Provides Internet mapping and other data management and application development services with particular emphasis on rural policy issues.
http://circ.rupri.org/index.asp -
CPS Coverage Data from SHADAC (pdf)
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org (pdf) -
CPS Center Medicaid Adjustment Documentation
http://www.shadac.umn.edu/img/assets/18528/CPSMedicaid_Adj_Oct2007.pdf -
CPS Center Medicaid Adjusment Text file with Stata Code
http://www.shadac.umn.edu/img/assets/18528/CPSMedicaid_AdjCode_Oct2007.txt -
Demand Estimation Model for the Unisured By Region, Size of Business and Federal Poverty Level
http://www.insuremorevirginians.org/ -
Diagnostic Cost Groups (DCG)
Model that quantifies whether patients are sicker than average in order to predict costs. This model is used by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Software is available for purchase.
http://www.dxcg.com/index.html -
Employee Benefit Research Institute Small Employer Health Benefits Survey
http://www.ebri.org/sehbs/index.htm -
Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey
This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-based health coverage, including changes in premiums, employee contributions, cost sharing policies and other relevant information. This year the survey also documented the prevalence of high-deductible health plans and savings account options, including the percentage of employers offering these plan types and the percentage of workers covered by them.
http://www.kff.org/insurance/7315/index.cfm -
Federal Poverty Level Guidelines for 2006
http://insuremorevirginians.org/pdf/2006FPLchart.pdf -
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov -
Government Information Locator Service
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html -
HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
The HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse contains information from many data sources including but not limited to HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHB), PrimeCare, BHCDANET and other systems.
http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/Data_Sources.htm -
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
A family of health care databases and related software tools and products developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). HCUP databases bring together the data collection efforts of State data organizations, hospital associations, private data organizations, and the Federal government to create a national information resource of patient-level health care data.
http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/
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Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts - Health Coverage & Uninsured
Includes the health insurance status of the state’s population (those with various types of health coverage or who are uninsured), and demographic information (such as income, race/ethnicity, age, gender) for those who are uninsured, have employer-based insurance, or Medicaid.
http://www.statehealthfacts.org -
KIDS COUNT
It offers several interactive online databases that allow visitors to create free, customized data reports on-the-fly.
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/data.htm
- National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
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National Survey of American Families
http://www.urban.org -
Population Studies Center - University of Michigan
http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/census2000/ - SHADAC Medicaid Undercount Conference
On December 6, SHADAC sponsored its first national web conference on the Medicaid Undercount to address questions including whether the survey "undercount" of Medicaid enrollment impacts state estimates of uninsurance. The conference included more than 60 participants from more than 25 states, as well as several federal agencies and other research and policy organizations. The web conference covered what we know about potential sources of discrepancy between what survey and administrative data estimate for Medicaid enrollment. Kathleen Call was the key presenter. Her presentation included past, ongoing and future research exploring the factors contributing to the undercount and what to do about it. The conference is available for online viewing, and Kathleen’s slide handouts are also available for download.
If you would like to submit names and links to other statistical resources, please e-mail us at InsureMoreVirginians@vdh.virginia.gov .
Last Updated: October 2, 2007