Public Health

List of links from the National Institutes of Health

Provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance

CDC

Based on data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), this interactive tool provides statistics and information on hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization.

USDA Economics Research Service

Data sources available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

List of datasets compiled by the National Institutes of Health

Access to basic mental health statistics

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Databases that provide patient-level health care data.

"IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest."

After first selecting a topic from the list, often you can then click on "statistics" for statistical resources dealing with that topic.

CDC

Historical and projected health spending in the U.S.

"data on a broad range of health topics are collected through personal household interviews."

CDC

Interactive system that provides health data. Has state reports.

A web-based table generator tool allowing users to customize tables and graphs of health insurance coverage estimates within a pre-defined set of parameters. The Data Center is a user-friendly and easily accessible way to get health insurance coverage estimates from the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS) and the American Community Survey (ACS)"