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  • National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

    Alternate Title(s)
    NHANES
    Description

    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. Participants are selected via a random sampling method. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations. The NHANES interview includes demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and health-related...

    Subject
    Health Status Indicators
    Population Health
    Access Rights
    Unrestricted access
    Local Experts
    Alan R. Shuldiner
    Braxton C. Mitchell
    Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria
    Marc C. Hochberg
    Michael Miller
    Michelle D. Shardell
    Odessa R. Addison
    Rebecca M. Brotman
    Reese Crispen
    Samer S. El-Kamary
    Yan Wang

  • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

    Alternate Title(s)
    MEPS
    Description

    The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across the United States. MEPS collects data on the specific health services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for, as well as data on the cost, scope,...

    Subject
    Health Care Utilization
    Access Rights
    Fee required
    Approval required
    Registration required
    Local Experts
    J. Kathleen Tracy
    Richard J. Manski

  • Global Health Expenditure Database

    Alternate Title(s)
    GHED, WHO Global Health Expenditure Database
    Description

    The Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) provides internationally comparable data on health spending for close to 190 countries. The database is open access and supports the goal of Universal Health Coverage by helping monitor the availability of resources for health and the extent to which they are used efficiently and equitably. This, in turn, helps ensure health services are available and affordable...

    Subject
    Health Expenditures
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    Unrestricted access
    Local Experts
    Haksoon Ahn
  • UMB Dataset

    Mental Health Services for Youths in Foster Care and Disabled Youths

    Authors
    Susan dosReis
    Julie Magno Zito
    Daniel J. Safer
    Karen L. Soeken
    Description

    Data were extracted from a review of computerized administrative claims for 15,507 Medicaid youth in an effort to assess differences in rates of mental health treatment for enrollees in one of 3 categories of aid. The study population consisted of individuals aged 0-19 years residing in a suburban county in a mid-Atlantic state during 1996 and enrolled in the fee-for-service Medicaid program. Mental...

    Subject
    Child, Foster
    Medicaid
    Timeframe
    1996
  • UMB Dataset

    Social Capital during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Case of the Island of Menorca

    Authors
    Ester Villalonga-Olives
    Ichiro Kawachi
    Ildefonso Hernández-Aguado
    Description

    This dataset was created to understand the mechanisms through which social capital shaped the community response to the coronavirus pandemic on the island of Menorca, Spain. Data was collected through qualitative interviews of 25 permanent residents of the island between April and June of 2020. The age range of the participants was between 26 to 89 years old. The semi-structured interview guide had...

    Subject
    COVID-19
    Social Capital
    Spain/epidemiology
    Timeframe
    2020
    Access Rights
    Approval required
  • UMB Dataset

    Home and Neighborhood Physical Activity Location Availability among African American Adolescent Girls Living in Low-Income, Urban communities: Associations with Objectively Measured Physical Activity

    Authors
    Ann Pulling Kuhn
    Alexandra Cockerham
    Nicole O'Reilly
    Jacob Bustad
    4 more author(s)...
    Description

    This study generated a replicable neighborhood-level physical activity location availability score (PALAS) from data variables associated with physical activity among adolescents. This score was used to determine if a relationship exists between PA and PA location availability in Baltimore City, Maryland. Nine PALAS component variables were applied to 218 locations. Private PA location variables were...

    Subject
    Socioeconomic Disparities in Health
    Access Rights
    Unrestricted access
  • UMB Dataset

    Psychotropic Polypharmacy Among Youths With Serious Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Receiving Coordinated Care Services

    Authors
    Susan dosReis
    Benjamin Wu
    Eric J. Bruns
    Ming-Hui Tai
    2 more author(s)...
    Description

    This dataset represents a comparison of polypharmacy among youth with serious emotional and behavioral disorders enrolled in coordinated care services (CCS) versus those receiving traditional mental health services. Data were extracted from Medicaid administrative claims (demographic, diagnosis by ICD-9 code, procedure codes, and psychotropic medication), child welfare administrative records, and juvenile...

    Subject
    Child Behavior Disorders
    Medicaid
    Psychotropic Drugs
  • UMB Dataset

    Mental health symptoms and inflammatory markers among HIV infected patients in Tanzania

    Authors
    Peter Memiah
    Lillian Nkinda
    Mtebe Majigo
    Felix Humwa
    6 more author(s)...
    Description

    This dataset was used to support a study investigating potential connections between mental health symptoms and biomarkers of inflammation in HIV infected subjects. Data was collected from 407 HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy in the Dar es Salaam, Tanzania area from March to May of 2018. Data was collected though a survey that utilized the World Health Organisation's STEPwise approach...

    Subject
    HIV Infections
    Mental Disorders
    Timeframe
    2018
    Access Rights
    Approval required
  • UMB Dataset

    Self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among healthcare workers in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Authors
    Kemal Jemal
    Berhanu Senbeta Deriba
    Tinsae Abeya Geleta
    Mengistu Tesema
    3 more author(s)...
    Description

    An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic among 846 healthcare workers (HCWs) in central Ethiopia. From June 25, 2020, to July 25, 2020, an online survey was administered to collect self-reported data using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Data were...

    Subject
    COVID-19/psychology
    Timeframe
    2020
    Access Rights
    Unrestricted access
    Local Experts
    Youssef Annous

  • Global Health Data Exchange

    Description

    The Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) is a catalog that provides relevant data on population health. The catalog contains surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data. The GHDx was created by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME), an independent global health research center at the University of Washington. The GHDx is a place where information about data is...

    Subject
    Global Health
    Public Health
    Access Rights
    Unrestricted access
    Local Experts
    Peter Memiah