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Preface
The Health Care Data Governing Board is pleased to present to you
this publication entitled Kansas Health Data Resources. This document is
an updated compilation of a survey developed by the Health Care
Data Governing Board, Technical Task Force and the Kansas Center
for Health and Environmental Statistics, to catalog the health
data resources that exist in Kansas.
The purpose of Kansas Health Data Resources is to help policy-makers,
program managers, providers and the public locate health information
collected in Kansas about Kansans. While Kansas health care data
are collected throughout the state, Kansas Health Data Resources
centralizes and serves as a "pointer" and provides information
about what data are available, where they are located and who
maybe contacted about the data. This document is also intended
to help enlighten those collecting health data about the other
kinds of data that are available, to identify any duplications that
might be occurring and to facilitate data sharing between groups.
It is not possible for every database that exists about the health
of Kansans to be identified in this document. However, it does
identify several major databases maintained in state government,
universities and private agencies that will be useful for policy-making,
health program management and evaluation, referral service and
public information. Members of the Health Care Data Governing
Board hope the reader will find this document useful in the search
for health data and information.
| Clyde Graeber |
| Secretary Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| |
| Lorne A. Phillips, Ph.D. |
| Chairman Health Care Data Governing Board |
How to Use This Directory
The information maintained in this directory is designed to give
the user a quick look at what databases are available within the
state for five broad categories of health care data: Health Care
Professional, Health Care Facility, Public Health Program (also
includes mental health and substance abuse programs), and Health Care
Utilization and Quality Review/Improvement Databases. The summary
information presented includes the dataset name, owner, brief description,
purpose for collecting the data, years available, contact person
and phone number for that person. Also included in this directory
are three indexes that can be used to locate the databases contained
here by their alphabetic order, subject heading and data owners.
Finally, to assist those seeking to conduct a community health
assessment, several appendices have been added to this directory
that contain listings of health facilities that are licensed by
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Kansas Department
of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) and area Agencies on
Aging associated with the Department on Aging. These facilities
may be contacted for data specific to a particular community. Consulting
local health departments, hospitals and other health care facilities
for data is a recommendation from the Community Health Assessment
Process available through the Bureau of Local and Rural Health
Systems, KDHE. It is hoped Kansas Health Data Resources will assist
persons and agencies conducting community health assessments to
locate the data they need.
While the directory presents an overview of the databases that
are available, the Office of Health Care Information, Center for
Health and Environmental Statistics will maintain more detailed
information about the databases in the directory and may provide
further characterization of the databases with regard to the computer
systems that house these data, completeness and frequency of collection.
This directory is expected to be a dynamic document and updates
will be provided as additional databases are identified and developed.
Your comments, suggestions and/or new contributions for Kansas
Health Data Resources are welcome. Please direct any correspondence
to:
Elizabeth W. Saadi, Ph.D.,
Center for Health and Environmental Statistics
Office of Health Care Information
Curtis State Office Building, Suite 130
1000 SW Jackson Street
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1354
Phone: (785)296-8627 FAX: (785)368-7118
E-mail: lsaadi@kdhe.state.ks.us.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks go to the numerous agencies and individuals who have
contributed the information for this directory. Thanks are also extended
the staff of the Offices of Health Care Information and
Research and Analysis for reviewing finalizing and updating this publication.
KANSAS HEALTH DATA RESOURCES