National birth data files and programs
April 2nd, 2008Although there are several good online query systems (e.g. NCHS and MOD), here is one site I’ve found useful for downloading programs related to formatting the NCHS birth data files.
National Bureau of Economic Research
1968-2005 U.S. birth data files from NCHS, but with some formatting done and input programs available. Many other related documents available on this page. A shorter range of years of data files are available for the territories.
AHRQ Quality Indicators
March 28th, 2008The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) are measures of health care quality that make use of readily available hospital inpatient administrative data. SAS and Windows programs are available on the AHRQ QI website (click).
NCHS Birth Data Programs
February 5th, 2008Here are some useful SAS programs I received today from Joyce Martin at the National Center for Health Statistics. Please contact her with any questions at 301-458-4362 or jcm9@cdc.gov.
Month Prenatal Care Began (2003 revised certificate only)
Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index
February 1st, 2008Here is an SPSS version of the APNCU (Kotelchuck) Index program.
You can find the SAS program in the online MCH Library here.
How to post a file on MCHepi.com
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