Introduction to Health Care Management, Third Edition

Sharon B. Buchbinder and Nancy H. Shanks

Research Sources

Source
Website/Contact Info
Medical Expenditure Panel Survery http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
(MEPS)

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention National Center for
Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

HealthData.gov

http://www.healthdata.gov/

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Description
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale
surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers
across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the
cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.
The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide
statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the
health of the American people. As the nation's principal health statistics
agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has begun "liberating"
health data through theHealth Data Initiative- making more and more
data from their vaults (from CMS, CDC, FDA and NIH, to name a few
sources) easily available and accessible to the public.

Application
MEPS is the most complete source of
data on the cost and use of health care
and health insurance coverage.
This highly interactive website offers
researchers and students opportunities
to see and use national health related
data from a wide variety of datasets.
This information includes clinical care
provider quality information, nationwide
health service provider directories,
databases of the latest medical and
scientific knowledge, consumer product
data, community health performance
information, government spending data,
and more.