Key Data

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fast Stats.
This website provides state-level data on a number of public health indicators, including birth rates, mortality rates, and health behaviors and risk factors.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS runs the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and has numerous data sources on each of these programs.  In particular, CMS tracks state-level Medicaid enrollment, spending, and service delivery through the MSIS database.

Health Resources and Services Administration, Geospatial Data Warehouse.
This site provides a single point of access to HRSA programmatic information, related health
resources, and demographic data for reporting on HRSA activities.  State-level data and maps on a variety of health services indicators, such as workforce shortages, medically underserved areas, and access to federally qualified health centers, are available.

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, The Uninsured: A Primer, October 2007.
This primer, updated with 2006 data, reviews the basic profile of the uninsured population, and details coverage rates for adults and children by state. 

Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Medicaid Benefits Database, August 2005.
This site contains Medicaid Benefits survey data from 2003 and 2004 with information about benefits covered, limits, co-payments and reimbursement methodologies for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Territories.

Kaiser Family Foundation, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, AIDS Treatment Data Network, National ADAP Monitoring Project, Annual Report, April 2007.
The National ADAP Monitoring Report, 2007, the eleventh in an annual series, provides the latest data on state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), which provide HIV/AIDS-related prescription drugs to uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

Kaiser Family Foundation, State Coverage Initiatives for Children, May 2008.
This resource summarizes state efforts to expand Medicaid and SCHIP coverage to more uninsured children.

Kaiser Family Foundation, States Moving Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform, June 2008.
This interactive resource is updated frequently with the status and summaries of states’ health care reform initiatives. 

Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online.
This resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.

Kaisernetwork.org, Health Poll Search: Federalism and State Health Policy.
Health Poll Search is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues that allows users to know what Americans think about health issues, as well as what Americans have thought about health issues over time.

National Academy for State Health Policy, CHIPCentral.
This website serves as a portal for information on SCHIP policy and implementation.  Major topics include SCHIP Program Design, Outreach, Enrollment, and Retention, Access to and Quality of Care, Federal and State Financing, and Program Evaluation.

National Association of State Budget Officers, 2006 State Expenditure Report, December 2007.
This annual study reports state expenditures from actual fiscal years 2006, and estimates for fiscal year 2007 in a variety of sectors, including health programs.

National Women’s Law Center, Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card, 2007.
This bi-annual analysis of state policies and state ranking evaluates 34 health status indicators and 63 health policy indicators, and assesses state-by-state progress in reaching key benchmarks related to the status of women's health. The Report Card also provides an important overview of key disparities in the health of women based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, and other facts.

Office of Women’s Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Quick Health Data Online.
National, regional, state and county data are available by gender, race, ethnicity, and age. Statistics are available on demographics, mortality, access to care, infections and chronic disease, reproductive health, maternal health, mental health, violence and abuse, and prevention. Allows users to search and create custom tables, graphs, and maps.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, State Coverage Initiatives.
This website provides information about health insurance coverage at the state level, including information about various strategies used to expand health insurance coverage by state. It offers links to various research tools, state reports, publications and grant opportunities.

Smith, V., K. Gifford, E. Ellis, et al., for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, As Tough Times Wane, States Act to Improve Medicaid Coverage and Quality: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008, October 2007. 
This annual survey describes state budget conditions and Medicaid cost containment actions in FY2007-08, and highlights state Medicaid spending levels and states’ implementation of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Smith, V. , D. Rousseau, C. Marks, et al, for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, SCHIP Enrollment in June 2007: An Update on Current Enrollment and SCHIP Policy Directions, January 2008.
This report provides the latest data on SCHIP enrollment through June 2007, based on survey responses and data provided by SCHIP directors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Acknowledgements:  Prepared by Thomas Oliver, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and Usha Ranji and Lori Herring of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Updated:  June 2008