Free health care data 1/x: Interested in health care workforce? You can get salaries by occupation and state, etc, from US Bureau of Labor Statistics bls.gov/ooh/healthcare… #ARM18 #ARM2018 
Free health care data 2/x: Where are the health care professional shortage areas? CMS has the data: cms.gov/Medicare/Medic… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 3/x: Need to adjust for local costs of wages? Can get weekly earnings by metro area from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics @BLS_gov here
Free health care data 4/x: Working with prices and need to adjust for the MEDICAL inflation rate? Data for M-CPI here: data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUU… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 5/x: Working with prices and need to adjust for the GENERAL inflation rate in consumer prices? Data for CPI here: bls.gov/data/#prices #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 6/x: Interested in health care workforce? Employment by provider type from US Bureau of Labor Stats here: bls.gov/oes/current/oe… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 7/x: Interested in #healthcare costs or #healthcarevalue? Inflation in medical _producer_ prices (closer to true cost than consumer prices) from US Bureau of Labor Stats here: bls.gov/ppi/ppimedical… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 8/x: How high are premiums (& are they rising?) for employer-sponsored insurance? Can get maps and tables from @SHADAC (@LynnBlewett et al @PublicHealthUMN) statehealthcompare.shadac.org/map/34/average… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 9/x: The @AHCJ (Assoc of Health Care Journalists) site where you can search for hospital inspection results hospitalinspections.org #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 10/x: CMS’s new site for getting names of hospitals, nursing homes, surgicenters, psych facilities cited with deficiencies qcor.cms.gov/main.jsp #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 11/x: You can look up insurance company market share by state from @kaiserfamfound: kff.org/private-insura… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 12/x: Download how many people in each state have which type of insurance, also from @kaiserfamfound: kff.org/state-category… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 13/x: CMS now requires pharma & device makers to report payment and gifts to docs. Data here: cms.gov/openpayments/ #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 14/x: Nursing home performance data from CMS can be downloaded for free: medicare.gov/nursinghomecom… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 15/x: Download hospital performance data from CMS free: medicare.gov/download/downl… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 16/x: What are coverage and copay rules for Medicare drug plans? Download data from CMS: medicare.gov/download/downl… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 17/x: What are performance ratings for Medicare Part D drug plans? data from CMS: medicare.gov/download/downl… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 18/x: Drug shortages can affect care and push up prices. Want drug shortage data? Site maintained by Vizient & @UUtah: ashp.org/Drug-Shortages… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 19/x: Which drugs are FDA approved & when did they get approval? Can download FDA data here: accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/d… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 20/x: Download drug NDC codes from the FDA here: fda.gov/forindustry/da… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 21/x: Need to compare hospital or medical group performance over time? Consider checking Why Not The Best from @commonwealthfnd: whynotthebest.org #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 22/x: Wondering if there is performance variation among VA med centers? Data here: va.gov/qualityofcare/… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 23/x: Heard about access problems at the VA? Data here: va.gov/health/access-… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 24/x: Studying long term care and interested in cost data?: Nursing home, home health, & hospice financial data from CMS here: cms.gov/Research-Stati… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 25/x: Seen maps about how life expectancy varies by ZIP code? Can get ZIP code data here: rwjf.org/en/library/int… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 26/x: Interested in county health rankings? Can download data here: countyhealthrankings.org #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 27/x: CDC data about health-related behaviors: cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/in… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 28/x: CDC health/nutrition survey data about specific issues can be downloaded free: cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/in… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 29/x: Medicare hospital cost reports are first two links here, can use the data to calculate, eg, medical cost to charges ratios: cms.gov/Research-Stati… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 30/x: PCORI wants you to work with patients and advocates. Can you tell if a patient group is really about pts, or about industry? @KHNews has a site listing industry funding of pt groups: khn.org/patient-advoca… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 31/x: More states are issuing reports on specific conditions. Here’s PA’s 2017 data on babies addicted to opiates: khn.org/patient-advoca… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 32/x: Specialty societies are increasingly reporting results for their members or their members' hospitals. Here’s data about hospitals’ heart surgery results: publicreporting.sts.org/search/cabg_re… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 33/x: Want price ranges for health care services from real claims? California data here (note geographic variation, more tools to follow): cahealthcarecompare.org/cost_select.jsp #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 34/x: Want price ranges for health care services from real claims? New Hampshire data here: nhhealthcost.nh.gov #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 35/x: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey data available free here: cdc.gov/brfss/ #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 36/x: Which states have laws or pending bills addressing drug price transparency? Map & list here: nashp.org/state-legislat… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 37/x: How much does health insurance cost and how does it vary by county and state? Map & list here: nashp.org/health-insuran… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 38/x: Interested in socioeconomic factors & health and how they vary by state? Get income levels by state to qualify for #Medicaid and #CHIP. There are BIG differences! kff.org/medicaid/fact-… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 39/x: Some states are considering or already have work requirements for Medicaid. Which ones? Get data here: kff.org/medicaid/issue… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 40/x: Interested in #mentalhealth? List of state initiatives to address mental health care for children: nashp.org/state-strategi… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 41/x: Tobacco policy researchers: Over 300,000 confidential tobacco company documents available at blog.legacy.library.ucsf.edu/search/label/a… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 42/x: New from @usnews and Aetna Foundation on which communities are how healthy usnews.com/news/healthies… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 43/x: @usnews assessments of hospital performance (might want to start with this methodology page): health.usnews.com/health-care/be… #ARM18 #ARM2018
Free health care data 44/x: The Natl Longitudinal Survey of Youth enrolled 14-22yos in 1979, has asked health questions since, incl SF12 since age 40 #ARM18 #ARM2018 (HT @DrRitaHamad @NLSat50plus)
Free health care data 45/x: Studying #SDoH? Can get community-specific data for many SDoH variables from the @uscensusbureau's American Community Survey census.gov/programs-surve…
Free health care data 46/x: New in November, 2018!: Over 150,000 pages of previously confidential #FoodIndustryDocsUCSF available for free at @industrydocs industrydocumentslibrary.ucsf.edu/food/ @AcademyHealth @AHCJ
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