Bringing Data to Policy

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Bringing Data to Policy
OrYou can show data to policymakers but you
cant make them read the footnotes.

• Alan WeilExecutive DirectorNational Academy for
  State Health PolicyDecember 4, 2008Using
  Administrative Data to Answer State Policy
  Questions
• AHRQ

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Presentation Outline

• A Tale of Two Programs
• Two Worlds Collide
• Health Policy Needs You!

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A Tale of Two Programs
Enrollment in SCHIP (thousands)
Children Receiving TANF (thousands)
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Source Final Synthesis Report Of Findings From
ASPEs Leavers Grants, Gregory Acs and Pamela
Loprest, November 27, 2001.
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Source Final Synthesis Report Of Findings From
ASPEs Leavers Grants, Gregory Acs and Pamela
Loprest, November 27, 2001.
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Two Worlds Collide
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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
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Wolsams Hierarchy of Needs
Researchers
Policymakers
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Health Policy Needs You!
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Types of Data to Inform Policy

• Clinical
• Population
• Survey
• Administrative