Tell Us a Story About When Primary Care Worked for You

Abstract

Scientists studying people with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) need new datasets and research methods to help them examine this growing population. The MCC Research Network data archive (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/AHRQMCC/) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) seeks to fill this gap. Using datasets freely available in the data archive, researchers can investigate the interactions of chronic conditions, compare outcomes from different treatments, and discover the most efficient and effective methods of treating patients with MCC. Find Data AHRQ's MCC Research Network data archive provides freely available datasets and documentation as well as additional MCC-related data. Data come from a rich range of sources, including: electronic medical record clinical data, multi-payer claims data, chronic disease registries, Medicaid claims, state psychiatric hospital inpatient data and outpatient mental health services, self-reported home blood sugar and blood pressure data, state cancer registry data, and qualityof-life and physical assessment data obtained from computer-assisted interviews. For many datasets in the archive, researchers can search for variables, studies, and bibliographies, as well as download data in SPSS, SAS, Stata, and ASCII formats.