APCD Readings and Resources
Overview of APCDs: Porter, J, et al, “The Basics of APCDs: A Primer for States,” Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, January 2014,
http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2014/rwjf409988
Information on several APCD’s Data Uses: Green, L., Lischko, A., Bernstein, T., “Realizing the Potential
of All-Payer Claims Databases: Creating the Reporting Plan,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, January
2014, http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2014/rwjf409989
Transparency: Tu, Ha, Gourevitch, Rebecca, “Moving Markets: Lessons from New Hampshire’s Health
Care Price Transparency Experiment,” California Health Foundation, April 2014,
http://www.chcf.org/~/media/MEDIA%20LIBRARY%20Files/PDF/M/PDF%20MovingMarketsNewHamps
hire.pdf
Patient engagement: Hibbard, Judith H., Greene, Jessica, “What the Evidence Shows About Patient
Activation: Better Health Outcomes and Care Experiences; Fewer Data on Costs,” Health Affairs,
February 2013, abstract available at http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/2/207.abstract
Geographic data analysis: Finison, Karl, “Tri-State Variation in Health Services Utilization & Expenditures
in Northern New England,” Onpoint Health Data, June 2010
http://apcdcouncil.org/sites/apcdcouncil.org/files/OnPoint%20Act49-Tri-State-CommercialVariation.pdf
Report to the Legislature: Center for Improving Value In Health Care, “Report to the Governor and the
General Assembly,” Annually beginning March 1, 2011
Examples:
2011: http://civhc.org/getmedia/dea9fe16-b5e0-4afa-a7f8-0275a500deff/Report-to-ColoradoGovernor-and-General-Assembly-2011-03-01.pdf.aspx
2012 http://civhc.org/getmedia/05a351fd-490e-4dc5-8a7a-8db93f66d819/APCD-AnnualReport-2012-with-cover-letter.pdf.aspx
2014 http://civhc.org/getmedia/9117f876-d23d-49bf-94b1-a1326bf1d0e3/APCD-AnnualReport-March-1-2014-with-Cover-Letter.pdf.aspx
Example of publicly accessible aggregate data:
Colorado APCD Website: https://www.cohealthdata.org/#/home
New Hampshire Health Cost tool: http://www.nhhealthcost.org/
Population Health Reports: Utah Department of Health
http://issuu.com/utahatlas/docs/vol1_no1_antidepressants?e=0
http://utahatlas.health.utah.gov/HB128SA_2010.pdf
Example of Data Request Transparency: List of Massachusetts APCD Data Requests:
http://www.mass.gov/chia/researcher/hcf-data-resources/apcd/acessing-the-apcd/applications-forapcd-data.html