Secondary Data Sources for Public Health: A

Secondary data play an increasingly important role in epidemiology and public health research and practice; examples of secondary data sources include national surveys such as the BRFSS and NHIS, claims data for the Medicare and Medicaid systems, and public vital statistics records. Although a wealth of secondary data is available, it is not always easy to locate and access appropriate data to address a research or policy question. This practical guide circumvents these difficulties by providing an introduction to secondary data and issues specific to its management and analysis, followed by an enumeration of major sources of secondary data in the United States. Entries for each data source include the principal focus of the data, years for which it is available, history and methodology of the data collection process, and information about how to access the data and supporting materials, including relevant details about file structure and format.

Sarah Boslaugh is currently a Performance Research Analyst for BJC Healthcare in Saint Louis and an Adjunct Professor at the Washington University School of Medicine.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
An Introduction to Secondary Data Analysis	p. 1
What Are Secondary Data?	p. 1
Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Data Analysis	p. 3
Locating Appropriate Secondary Data	p. 5
Questions to Ask About Any Secondary Data Set	p. 8
Considerations Relating to Causal Inference	p. 10
Health Services Utilization Data	p. 12
The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey	p. 13
The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey	p. 16
The National Hospital Discharge Survey	p. 17
Other National Health Care Survey Data Sets	p. 19
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project	p. 22
The Medical Expenditures Panel Survey	p. 25
The National Immunization Survey	p. 28
The Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program	p. 31
Health Behaviors and Risk Factors Data	p. 34
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System	p. 34
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System	p. 39
Monitoring the Future	p. 43
Data on Multiple Health Topics	p. 47
The National Health Examination Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	p. 47
The National Health Interview Survey	p. 53
The Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health	p. 56
The Longitudinal Studies of Aging	p. 57
The State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey	p. 60
Fertility and Mortality Data	p. 65
The National Vital Statistics System	p. 66
The Compressed Mortality File	p. 70
The National Death Index	p. 71
The National Mortality Followback Survey	p. 73
The National Maternal and Infant Health Survey and Longitudinal Followup	p. 76
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System	p. 78
The National Survey of Family Growth	p. 79
Medicare and Medicaid Data	p. 83
The Medicare Denominator Record Files	p. 85
The Standard Analytical Files	p. 86
The Medicare Provider Analysis and Review Files	p. 86
The Prospective Payment System Files	p. 87
Other Medicare Research Identifiable Files	p. 88
Medicare Public Use Files	p. 89
The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey	p. 91
The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey	p. 94
Medicaid Data	p. 96
Other Sources of Data	p. 100
The U.S. Census	p. 101
The Area Resource File	p. 104
The General Social Survey	p. 106
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research	p. 107
The Henry A. Murray Research Archive	p. 108
The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods	p. 109
Web Portals to Statistical Data	p. 111
Adverse Events and Clinical Trials Information	p. 112
Data Sets Commonly Used in Teaching	p. 113
Acronyms	p. 115
Summary of Data Sets and Years Available	p. 119
Data Import and Transfer	p. 123
Bibliography	p. 129
Index	p. 137
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