Selected Sources of Data and Policy Analysis

Health Reform Resources

• American Legislative Exchange Council
• Center for Policy and Budget Priorities
• Council of State Governments - Federal Health Care Reform Page
• Health Reform GPS
• Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform Portal
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Health Reform Law and Policy Project
• White House Health Reform Page
• Wisconsin Office of Free Market Health Care

Federal Government Agencies

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Census Bureau, U.S.
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research
• CMS - National Health Expenditures
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Community Health Status Indicators, U.S. DHHS
• Consolidated Federal Funds Report, U.S. Census Bureau
• Federal Open Government Directive Agency Datasets
• FedStats
• Library of Congress online
• Health Care Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) / AHRQ
• MEDLINE PLUS
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) / AHRQ
• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Health Information Center
• National Institutes of Health
• National Library of Medicine
• Rural Assistance Center
• STAT-USA
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPIs
• U.S. Census Bureau: Health Insurance Data
• U.S. Congressional Budget Office
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Statistics, Reports, etc.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office
• U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
• White House Publications

Non-Governmental - National

• Academic-Based Resources
• Community Preventive Services Guide
• Dartmouth Atlas
• ECRI Institute - Comparative Effectiveness Resource Center
• Evidence-Based Medicine
  • The Campbell Collaboration
  • Cochrane Library
  • Columbia University Health Science Library
• The George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research
• Medicaid Evidence-Based Decisions Project
• State Coverage Initiatives
• State Health Access Data Assistance Center

• Associations
• America’s Health Insurance Plans Center for Policy and Research
• National Academy for State Health Policy
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• National Conference of Insurance Legislators
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Conference of State Legislatures, Health Portal
• National Governors Association Center for Best Practices' Health Division

• Consulting Firms
• The Lewin Group
• Milliman, USA
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• RAND Corporation
• Real Insurance Data Links

• Foundations
• Commonwealth Fund
• Kaiser Family Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• Think-Tanks
• Academy Health
• Alliance for Health Reform
• Brookings Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
• The Brookings Institution
• Cato Institute
• Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
• Center for Studying Health System Change
• Employee Benefit Research Institute
• Families USA
• Galen Institute
• Heritage Foundation
• National Priorities Project
• National Health Policy Forum
• National Network of Public Health Institutes
• Urban Institute - Health Policy Center

Wisconsin Governmental and University

• Census, Wisconsin Data
• Health Measurement Research Group
• Legislative Fiscal Bureau
• Legislative Council Health Care Briefing Book
• Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus
• Medical College of Wisconsin, Epidemiology Data Service Center
• Milwaukee City Health Department and Health Data
• UW Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
• UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services
• Wisconsin Health Information Network
• Wisconsin Health Statistics
• Wisconsin, State of, Consumer Guide to Health Care
• Wisconsin's Office of the Commissioner of Insurance

Wisconsin Non-Governmental

• Coalition for Wisconsin Health
• Healthy Wisconsin People
• KidsCount Wisconsin Report
• MetaStar
• Wisconsin Citizen Action
• Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, Health Care Project
• Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
• Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO)
• Wisconsin Health Reports
• Wisconsin Hospital Association
• Wisconsin Medical Society
• Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association
• Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
• Wisconsin Policy Research Institute
• Wisconsin Public Health Association
• Wisconsin Dental Association