Appendix A. Data Sources

The Commonwealth Fund 2001 Health Care Quality Survey
Community Health Center (CHC) User Survey
End Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project (ESRD CPMP)
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
HIV Research Network (HIVRN)
Indian Health Service (HIS) National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS)
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS)
Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) Program
Minimum Data Set (MDS)
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
National HIV/AIDS Surveillance System
National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
National Immunization Survey (NIS)
National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS)
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
National Tuberculosis Surveillance System
National Vital Statistics System—Linked Birth and Infant Death Data (NVSS-I)
National Vital Statistics System—Mortality (NVSS-M)
National Vital Statistics System—Natality (NVSS-N)
Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
SAMHSA Client/Patient Sample Survey (CPSS)
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)
United States Renal Data System (USRDS)

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