Related Topics That Provide Benchmarks on the Healthcare System
COVID-19 has directly impacted the entire healthcare system, and AHRQ has a robust collection of research and analyses that can be used to understand the impact on access to care, health disparities, health insurance, health expenditures, and more.
Access to Healthcare
- Insurance and Access to Care in Urban and Rural Areas, 2014-2015: MEPS Statistical Brief #512 (PDF, 882 KB)
- Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015, by Age—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey: MEPS Statistical Brief #509 (PDF, 528 KB)
- Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey: MEPS Statistical Brief #502 (PDF, 213 KB)
Disparities
- Insurance and Access to Care in Urban and Rural Areas, 2014-2015: MEPS Statistical Brief #512 (PDF, 882 KB)
- Children's Usual Source of Care: Insurance, Income, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, 2004-2014: MEPS Statistical Brief #501 (PDF, 136 KB)
- Trends and Disparities in Delivery Hospitalizations Involving Severe Maternal Morbidity, 2006-2015: HCUP Stat Brief #243 (PDF, 214 KB)
- Characteristics of Homeless Individuals Using Emergency Department Services in 2014: HCUP Stat Brief #229 (PDF, 320 KB)
Employment / Jobs
- Results from the 2016 MEPS-IC Private-Sector National Tables: MEPS Statistical Brief #503 (PDF, 276 KB)
Geographic Variation
- Overview of U.S. Hospital Stays in 2016: Variation by Geographic Region: HCUP Stat Brief #246 (PDF, 481 KB)
Health Insurance / Expected Payer of Care
- MEPS Insurance Component Chartbook 2018: MEPS Chartbook #23 (PDF, 6.7 MB)
- Health Care Use and Expenditures for Influenza, 2016-17: MEPS Statistical Brief #526 (PDF, 930 KB)
- Trends in Health Insurance at Private Employers, 2008-2018: MEPS Statistical Brief #524 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Trends in Hospital Emergency Department Visits by Age and Payer, 2006-2015: HCUP Stat Brief #238 (PDF, 187 KB)
- Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014: HCUP Stat Brief #221 (PDF, 238 KB)
Healthcare Expenditures
- Concentration of Healthcare Expenditures and Selected Characteristics of High Spenders, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2017: MEPS Statistical Brief #528 (PDF, 532 KB)
- Average Expense per Visit for Adults for Practices Identified as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2016, by Practice Characteristics—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey: MEPS Statistical Brief #520 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Adults with Health Care Expenses for Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2014: MEPS Statistical Brief #498 (PDF, 164 KB)
- Ambulatory Care Use and Expenditures among Non-Elderly Veterans, 2011-2015: MEPS Research Findings #39 (PDF, 185 KB)
Healthcare Quality
- Patient Safety and Adverse Events, 2011 and 2014: HCUP Stat Brief #237 (PDF, 199 KB)
Hospital Costs
- Costs of Pediatric Hospital Stays, 2016: HCUP Stat Brief #250 (PDF, 164 KB)
- Geographic Variation in Hospital Inpatient List Prices in the United States, 2013: HCUP Stat Brief #209 (PDF, 594 KB)
- National Inpatient Hospital Costs: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2013: HCUP Stat Brief #204 (PDF, 308 KB)
Hospital Utilization
- Overview of U.S. Hospital Stays in 2016: Variation by Geographic Region: HCUP Stat Brief #246 (PDF, 481 KB)
- Trends in Hospital Emergency Department Visits by Age and Payer, 2006-2015: HCUP Stat Brief #238 (PDF, 187 KB)
- Overview of Operating Room Procedures During Inpatient Stays in U.S. Hospitals, 2014: HCUP Stat Brief #233 (PDF, 369 KB)
Prescription Drugs
- Retail Drug Prices, Out-of-Pocket Costs, and Discounts and Markups Relative to List Prices: Trends and Differences by Drug Type and Insurance Status, 2011 to 2016: MEPS Research Findings #44 (PDF, 891 KB)
- Trends in Prescribed Medication Expenditures by Age and Type of Prescription Drug Coverage, 2009 to 2016 MEPS-HC: MEPS Statistical Brief #522 (PDF, 904 KB)
