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Assessment of Performance Measures for Public Health, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health (1997)

Chapter: APPENDIX B: OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL DATA SOURCES FOR PPG MEASURES

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Suggested Citation: "APPENDIX B: OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL DATA SOURCES FOR PPG MEASURES." National Research Council. 1997. Assessment of Performance Measures for Public Health, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5806.

Appendix B Overview of Federal Data Sources for PPG Measures

The table in this appendix presents information about almost 50 federal databases that are potential data sources for performance monitoring, from 11 agencies in 5 departments.

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TABLE B-1 Potential Data Sources for Performance Monitoring

Federal Database	Department	Agency	Data Type
AIDS Surveillance System	DHHS	CDC	Report
Annual Census of Patient Characteristics: State and County Mental Health Inpatient Services	DHHS	SAMHSA	Census
Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses	DOL	BLS	Survey
Area Resource File (ARF)	DHHS	HRSA	Record
Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
Consumer Expenditure Survey	DOL	BLS	Survey
Current Population Survey, Tobacco Use Supplement	DOC	BOC	Survey
Current Population Surveys (CPS)	DOC	BOC	Survey
Decennial Census of the U.S. Population	DOC	BOC	Census
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)	DHHS	SAMHSA	Report
Drug Use Forecasting Program (DUF)	DOJ	NIJ	Survey
Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS)	DOT	NHTSA	Report
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP): Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)	DHHS	AHCPR	Record
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP): State Inpatient Database (SID)	DHHS	AHCPR	Record
Inventory of Mental Health Organizations and General Hospital Mental Health Services	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
Inventory of Mental Health Services in the Criminal Juvenile Justice Systems	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
Linked Files of Live Birth and Infant Death Records	DHHS	CDC	Record
Medicaid Data System (MDS)	DHHS	HCFA	Record
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	DHHS	AHCPR	Survey
Medicare Statistical Data System	DHHS	HCFA	Record
Monitoring the Future Survey	DHHS	NIH	Survey

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	Geographic Coverage
Data Collection Frequency	Nat'l	All States	Some States	Other^a	Similar State System^b
Continuous	x	x		x	x
Annual			x		x
Annual	x	x
Continuous	x	x		x	x
Annual+		x			x
Annual	x		x
Every 2 years	x	x
Monthly	x		x
Decennial	x	x		x
Continuous				x
Quarterly				x
Continuous	x	x		x	x
Ongoing	x
Ongoing			x		x
Every 2 years	x	x			x
Periodic		x			x
Annual	x	x		x	x
Continuous	x	x			x
Continuous	x		x
Continuous	x	x			x
Annual	x			x

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Federal Database	Department	Agency	Data Type
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Facility Register (NFR)	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Home and Hospice Care Survey	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Hospital Discharge Survey	DHHS	CDC	Record
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
National Immunization Survey (NIS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Judicial Reporting System	DOL	BLS	Survey
National Mortality Followback Survey	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)	DHHS	CDC	Report
National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Program of Cancer Registries	DHHS	CDC	Record
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Survey of Childbearing Women	DHHS	CDC	Survey
National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities Surveillance System	DHHS	CDC	Record
National Vital Statistics System	DHHS	CDC	Record
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
Sample Surveys of Clients/Patients in Mental Health Organizations and General Hospital Psychiatry Services	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
State Profile System	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
State Trauma Registries	DHHS	HRSA	Record
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER)	DHHS	NIH	Record
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)	DOC	BOC	Survey

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	Geographic Coverage
Data Collection Frequency	Nat'l	All States	Some States	Other^a	Similar State System^b
Annual	x			x	x
Annual	x	x
Annual	x		x		x
Annual	x			x	x
Annual	x				x
Annual	x				x
Periodic	x
Continuous	x	x			x
Every 2 years	x
Periodic	x
Continuous	x	x			x
Periodic	x				x
Continuous			x		x
Ongoing	x				x
Ongoing (on hold)			x
Continuous	x	x			x
Continuous	x	x		x	x
Monthly			x	x	x
Periodic	x		x		x
Annual		x			x
Annual	x	x			x
Continuous				x	x
Periodic	x

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Federal Database	Department	Agency	Data Type
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) (formerly, Client Data Systems)	DHHS	SAMHSA	Report
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Data	DOJ	FBI	Census
Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS)	DHHS	SAMHSA	Survey
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)	DHHS	CDC	Survey
^a Available for region, metropolitan area, or other nonstate geographic area. ^b Data originated from state-initiated data collection effort or state collects data similar to federal effort.

ABBREVIATIONS:

Federal Departments

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DOC

Department of Commerce

DOJ

Department of Justice

DOL

Department of Labor

DOT

Department of Transportation

Federal Agencies

AHCPR

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

BLS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

BOC

Bureau of the Census

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

HCFA

Health Care Financing Administration

HRSA

Health Resources and Services Administration

NHTSA

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIJ

National Institute of Justice

SAMHSA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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	Geographic Coverage
Data Collection Frequency	Nat'l	All States	Some States	Other^a	Similar State System^b
Monthly-quarterly			x		x
Monthly	x	x		x	x
Annual			x		x
Every 2 years	x		x		x