The Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) provides current as well as historic data for more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation's counties, as well as state and national data. It contains information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In addition,...

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) is a national survey designed to provide objective, reliable information about the provision and use of ambulatory medical care services in the United States. The survey was conducted annually from 1973 to 1981, in 1985, and annually since 1989. The survey samples visits to non-federally employed office-based physicians who are primary engaged in...

The National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) (formerly titled Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS)) is designed to collect information from all facilities in the United States, both public and private, that provide substance abuse treatment. Data collected in N-SSATS include topics covering facility operation, services offered, primary focus, hotline operation, Opioid Treatment Programs...

The Press Ganey National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) provides quarterly and annual data on structure, process, and outcomes of nursing care. It is used by 2,000 hospitals nationally and is the largest provider of unit-level performance data to hospitals. It contains data on hospital acquired conditions and adverse events including catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central...

The Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) is collected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and data is collected from all Medicare and Medicaid certified home care agencies, which comprise approximately 90% of all home care agencies. It is collected as a means to enable the rigorous and systematic measurement of patient home health care outcomes with appropriate adjustment for...