NHQRDR 2012 Data Sources

Federal Sources of Data

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
• Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSPSC)
• National CAHPS® Benchmarking Database (NCBD)–Health Plan Survey Database

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
• National HIV/AIDS Surveillance System
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
• National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
• National Immunization Survey (NIS)
• National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR)
• National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTBSS)
• National Vital Statistics System—Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (NVSS-I)
• National Vital Statistics System—Mortality (NVSS-M)
• National Vital Statistics System—Natality (NVSS-N)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative
• Home Health Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
• Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
• Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program
• Nursing Home Minimum Data Set (MDS)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

• National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH)
• Uniform Data System (UDS)

Indian Health Service (IHS)

• Indian Health Service (IHS) National Data Warehouse (NDW)

National Institutes for Health (NIH)

• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)
• United States Renal Data System (USRDS)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
• Substance Abuse Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS)

U.S. Census Bureau

• American Community Survey (ACS)

Multi-Agency Data Sources

• HIV Research Network (HIVRN)
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS)

Academic Institutions

University of California, Los Angeles

• California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

University of Michigan

• University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center

Membership, Professional Organizations, and Associations

American Hospital Association (AHA)

• American Hospital Association Annual Survey Information Technology Supplement

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

• Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey (FEHCS)

Commission on Cancer and American Cancer Society

• National Cancer Data Base (NCDB)