The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offers researchers and other health care professionals a broad range of quantitative information on their programs, from estimates of future Medicare and Medicaid spending to enrollment, spending, and claims data, and a broad range of consumer research to help its partners and staff. CMS also conducts demonstration projects to explore alternative...

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. An ongoing annual survey combines interviews and physical examinations. The NHANES interview includes demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related questions. The examination component consists of medical, dental,...

The Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) provide current as well as historic data for more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation's counties, as well as state and national data. They contain information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In addition,...

The Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) effort to eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. The REACH US Risk Factor Survey was conducted annually between 2009 and 2013 in order to monitor progress and achievements in the REACH US program. Survey participants were recruited from 28 REACH US grantee communities...

The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is a population-based longitudinal study based in Jackson, Mississippi that investigates risk factors for cardiovascular disease among African Americans. It is a collaborative research project by the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson State University, and Tougaloo College. The primary objective is to investigate environmental and genetic factors associated...

This dataset was generated through a two-phase mixed-methods study designed to evaluate the patient, provider, and clinical-level factors related to race and healthcare quality that impact medication adherence among Black and White patients with hypertension. The study population includes 104 hypertensive black and white patients receiving care at the Bellevue Ambulatory Care Practice. The dataset...

Survey data was collected at four New York City corner stores (bodegas) as part of a study on consumer food shopping behaviors and motivations. The bodegas were chosen based on their proximity to elementary schools that were participating in a school wellness intervention through Bronx Health REACH (BHR), a community-based coalition that is part of the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health...

The COVID Tracking Project provided national, state, and territory-level data on COVID-19 testing (PCR and antibody, and antigen tests), hospitalization (ever hospitalized, currently hospitalized, ventilator use, ICU admission, and total hospitalizations), and outcomes (all deaths, confirmed deaths, probable deaths, new deaths, and recoveries) within the United States and its territories. Data collection...

With an emphasis on reaching historically underrepresented populations, the All of Us Research Program recruits adults aged 18 and above across the United States to share their health data to enable new insights into human health and research on precision medicine. Participants contribute electronic health records (EHR), survey responses, biospecimens, wearable devices (biometrics), and physical measurements....

The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) shares de-identified and aggregated metrics on the NYS Medicaid program through the Health Data NY catalog and as summary statistics on DOH website. Datasets vary by subject/scope, unit of analysis, years of data collection, and update frequency. Publicly-available datasets in the Health Data NY catalog address topics including: Medicaid Program Enrollment...