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Making HSC's Data More Accessible

ith each successive round, HSC’s multiple surveys and site visit data grow in value because they document changes in health care over a longer period. By gathering information from all the major actors— consumers, purchasers, health plans, physicians and hospitals—in the same markets, HSC can reveal to policy makers the various dynamics and perspectives shaping health care at the community and national levels.

HSC has made CTS survey data available quickly to researchers in public-use files accessible over its Web site, generally within a year. Now, HSC is taking the step to make survey data available to a broader audience through regular, descriptive trend reports on key indicators largely related to its three main policy areas.

For private insurance coverage, HSC will issue regular reports on who does and does not have coverage, offering behavior of employers, employee take-up of insurance and other factors. For access to care for the uninsured, there will be reports on an array of access measures, racial and ethnic disparities and other topics. And for managed care and markets, HSC will issue reports on access and quality under managed care, prevalence of care management techniques and other indicators. These reports will serve to put emerging issues on policy makers’ radar screens and confirm or refute anecdotes—guiding policy makers about whether intervention is warranted.

HSC also will take steps to better acquaint the policy research community with the CTS and is considering ways to create additional data files that are more accessible to policy makers and the news media.

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