SCHIP – WHSC L Datablog

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

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Overview
System of health surveys conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Includes health risk behavior, preventive health, health care access, chronic disease, and injury. Link/Data

Components
BRFSS, SMART: City and County Data

Population
US population, 18 yr+ years old

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
1984-2017

Linked Datasets
Asthma Call-back Survey, GIS Data

Study Types
Survey

Data Type
ASCII, SAS

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Data.gov

Overview
Government data repository. Available to the public: find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the federal government. Link

Components
Data Warehouse

Population
Varies

Cost
Varies, but usually no cost

Clearance?
Varies by dataset

Years Available
Varies by dataset

Linked Datasets
Varies

Study Type
Varies by dataset

File Types
Varies by dataset
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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Overview
Set of databases concerning: hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization. Link/Data

Components

Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)
Nationwide Emergency Dept Sample (NEDS)
Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID)
State Inpatient Databases (SID)

Population
US population. Discharge level patients from hospitals, ambulatory surgery, and ERs

Cost
$50 dollars per year for most recent years. $20 per year for previous years. (students)

Clearance?
Data Usage Agreement

Years Available
2001-2016

Linked Datasets
Yes. Varies by dataset.

Study Type
Surveillance

File Types
ASCII
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Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Overview
Inter-University partnership focused on social science research. Link

Components
Data Warehouse

Population
US, International

Cost
$0

Clearance?
Yes. For some restricted data. Agreement Request System (IDARS), IRB approval, data use agreement, investigator information, description, information on data formats, data storage.

Years Available
Varies

Study Type
Varies by dataset

File Types
ASCII, SAS, SPSS, Stata
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

Overview
National estimates of health care use and spending, insurance, accessibility of care. Link/Data

Components

Household
Insurance
Medical Provider component

Population
US Families and individuals, Employers, Medical Providers (physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.)

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
1996-2017

Linked Datasets
No

Study Type
Survey

File Types
ASCII, SAS transport file
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National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Overview
National survey designed to assess health and nutritional status of US. Link

Components

Interview
Dietary
Examination
Lab

Population
US population

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
1999-2018

Linked Datasets
Yes. NHANES-SSA: 1999-2004 NHANES Geocodes, NHANES-Medicaid: 1999-2004, NHANES-Medicare: 1999-2004

Study Type
Survey

File Types
XPT SAS files
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National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Overview
National survey designed to collect information on the health of United States. Link

Components

Core
Household
Family
Sample Adult
Sample Child
NHIS-D, National Health Interview Survey on Disability.

Population
US population

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
1963-2017

Linked Datasets

NHIS Linked Mortality Data:1986-2006, NHIS-EPAAnnualAir: 1985-2005 (Not available for public use), NHIS-SSA: 1994-2005, NHIS- Medicaid: 1994-2005, NHIS-Medicare: 1994-1998, NHIS Geocodes.

Study Type
Survey

File Types
ASCII, SAS, SPSS, Stata
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National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)

Overview
Survey designed to meet the need for information on characteristics of inpatients discharged from non-Federal short-stay hospitals in the United States. Link/Data

Population
Hospitals with an average length of stay of fewer than 30 days for all patients, general hospitals, or children’s general hospitals are included in the survey. Federal, military, and Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, as well as hospital units of institutions (such as prison hospitals), and hospitals with fewer than six beds staffed for patient use, are excluded.

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
1965-2010

Linked Datasets
Geocodes

Study Type
Survey

File Types
CD-ROM (1970-1978), text file
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National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN)

Overview
The survey takes a close look at the health and functional status of children with special health care needs in the U.S. Link /Data

Population
US children ages 0-17

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
2001- 2010

Linked Datasets
No

Study Type
Survey

File Types
Text files
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National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH)

Overview
Survey sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration designed to examine the physical and emotional health of children ages 0-17 years of age. Link/Data

Population
US children ages 0-17

Cost
$0

Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.

Years Available
2003- 2012

Linked Datasets
No

Study Type
Survey

File Types
Text files
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Main Variables: