Question

What healthcare data sets available from the US Government? What data do they contain? How could these data sets be useful during a hospital system? Pls, mention  details accordingly and include the reference page.

Answer 1

Healthcare data sets include a vast amount of medical data, various measurements, financial data, statistical data, demographics of specific populations, and insurance data, to name just a few, gathered from various healthcare data sources. Let's look into how data sets are used in the healthcare industry.

Data's

Berkeley Mortality Database

"This database contains life tables for national populations and, whenever available, the raw data used in constructing these tables." Data is provided for the United States, France, Japan, and Sweden. Note: The BMD has been replaced by the Human Mortality Database (see below for link). HMD data are superior for most purposes, however some items within the BMD are not yet available within the HMD or elsewhere.

Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health

Includes national and state-level data on hundreds of child health indicators from the National Survey of Children’s Health, National Health Interview Survey Child Component, Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services, and National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Program Data

The ECLS program includes three longitudinal studies that examine child development, school readiness, and early school experiences. Data on children's status at birth and at various points thereafter; children's transitions to nonparental care, early education programs, and school; and children's experiences and growth

Human Mortality Database

The HMD provides detailed mortality and population data for 39 countries. A companion project is the Human Life-Table Database, which contains data for 101 countries. Data download: ASCII