HA 3900: Intro to Health Care System (Dr. Martin)

Reviews what Marketplace health insurance plans cover.

Reviews Government programs that can help United States citizens pay for medical care, including: Medicaid; Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); Medicare; the Affordable Care Act/Health Insurance Marketplace; and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).

Provides videos, FAQ, statistics and calculators related to the Affordable Care Act for American consumers.

Provides an overview of health insurance and links to resources from MedlinePlus.

Includes profiles with detailed demographic, language fluency (where relevant), education, economic, insurance coverage and health status information, as well as full census reports. Includes profiles for Black/African-American Health, American Indian/Alaska Native Health, Asian-American Health, Hispanic/Latino Health, and Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Health.

A list of all of the current NIH Institutes. Each Institute's site can be explored for data and statistics.

NLM designed a course for educators, information specialists, and students in the health sciences to help them learn about different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found. The course includes a comprehensive listing of data resources and tools.

The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) provides the most complete data on births, deaths, life expectancy and more in the United States.

RCMD is an initiative of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR); ICPSR is a collection of academic institutions and research organizations. Provides data pertaining to issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations including housing, health, education, and income.

World Bank provides comprehensive population estimates and projections for countries worldwide, including the United States.

Can be used to find statistics by indicator for countries, including the United States.

Includes statistics related to population, life expectancy, leading causes of death, and more.

Provides an overview of the Social determinants of health (SDOH) and provides examples. Overviews how the The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) addresses SDOH in five areas that are strongly tied to chronic conditions.

Provides tools for measuring healthcare quality, including the National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports, AHRQ Quality Indicators, as well as ambulatory clinical performance measures.

Provided by the United Health Foundation. Includes state information calculated from factors encompassing behaviors, environment and community, public and health policies, and clinical care.

The Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health and the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at NYU created the City Health Dashboard as a health improvement planning resource for U.S. cities.It offers an array of regularly updated data specific to neighborhood and/or city boundaries, including life expectancy, obesity, and children in poverty and is meant to help improve the health and well-being of communities.

Created by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Provides data, evidence, guidance and examples to build awareness of the multiple factors that influence health in order to help improve health equity.

Families USA is a non-partisan organization that is dedicated to achieving high-quality, affordable health care and improved health for all. Search the resources page to filter by focus area, key priorities, publish date and more.

Healthy People identifies public health priorities to help individuals, organizations, and communities across the United States improve health and well-being. Healthy People 2030, the initiative’s fifth iteration, builds on knowledge gained over the first 4 decades. Healthy People 2030 groups SDOH into five domains and provides recent data and goals for each.

The National Equity Atlas is America's most detailed report card on racial and economic equity. The Atlas contains data on demographic change, racial and economic inclusion, and the potential economic gains from racial equity for the largest 100 cities, 430 large counties, the largest 150 regions, all 50 states, and the United States as a whole.

The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contains a resource center including population profiles.

KFF’s Racial Equity and Health Data Dashboard gathers key data documenting inequities and the factors driving them.