NYU Data Catalog

NYU Dataset

Alternate Title(s): SHEPRD
Authors: Diana R. Silver

James Macinko
Description: The State Health Policy Research Dataset (SHEPRD) covers annual state trends in the adoption of public health laws between 1980 and 2010, inclusive. As described in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), laws of interest were seatbelt laws, speed limits for passenger vehicles on rural interstates, minimum legal drinking ages, drunk driving laws, laws prohibiting...
Subject: Health Policy
Access Rights: Free to All

NYU Dataset

Authors: Ellicott C. Matthay

Leyla Mousli

Dorie E. Apollonio

Laura A. Schmidt
Description: This dataset was collected to compare cannabis and alcohol policies for localities (N = 241) within 12 California counties. The investigators collected and coded the legal text to compare overall restrictiveness and nine specific provisions that applied to both substances: Limits on hours of sale Limits on advertising Responsible server training requirements Prohibitions on outlet overconcentration Minimum...
Subject: Health Policy

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Author Approval Required

Alternate Title(s): AHRQ SDOH Database
Description: The Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Database was created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with funding from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Trust Fund to enable research with linkable SDOH-focused data derived from multiple sources and across multiple domains. Since the data is compiled from multiple sources, users are advised to consult the associated documentation...
Subject: Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
Access Rights: Free to All
Local Expert: Population Health Data Hub

Alternate Title(s): NHS HES
Description: The National Health Service Hospital Episode Statistics (NHS HES) include over 1 billion medical records of patients who attended outpatient appointments, were seen at accident and emergency (A&E) departments, or were admitted to NHS hospitals in England. This data is collected and curated on a monthly basis and has been used for purposes such as research and service evaluation. HES consists of the...
Subject: Electronic Health Records

Health Care System

Quality of Health Care
Access Rights: Free to All

Application Required
Local Expert: Simon A. Jones

Alternate Title(s): FARS
Description: The Fatality Analysis reporting system (FARS) contains data on a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Crashes are included in FARS if they involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must result in the death of a vehicle occupant or a nonoccupant within 30 days of the crash. Data are obtained...
Subject: Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
Access Rights: Free to All
Local Expert: Charles DiMaggio

Alternate Title(s): NEISS
Description: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) is a surveillance and follow-up system that collects data on consumer product-related injuries occurring in the United States used by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to produce nationwide estimates of product-related injuries. The dataset comprises a nationally representative probability sample of hospitals in the United States...
Subject: Health Status

Population Characteristics
Access Rights: Free to All
Local Expert: Charles DiMaggio

Description: The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 7,500 law enforcement, media, government and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real time data about the results of gun violence. GVA was established in 2013 an independent data collection and research group to provide comprehensive data for the national conversation regarding gun violence....
Subject: Mental Health

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
Access Rights: Free to All

Free subject to license
Local Expert: Charles DiMaggio