How are Other States Providing Health Care Information to Policymakers, Patients, and the Public?

Appendix B: Websites Mentioned in the Paper

National Information Resources
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/	Hospital Compare is an easy-to-navigate, patient-oriented web site that focuses on measures of clinical effectiveness hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.medicare.gov/NHCompare	Nursing Home Compare, hosted by Medicare, allows an individual to find nursing homes within a specified zip code. It provides information on various quality indices for individual nursing homes, and compares those measures to the New Hampshire and U.S. average.
www.medicare.gov/HHCompare	Home Health Compare, hosted by Medicare, is set up the same way as Nursing Home Compare, which makes it easy to find agencies in a convenient location. Information on alternative agencies is limited to the types of services provided, and does not include measures of quality.
hprc.ncqa.org	Health Plan Report Card, hosted by The National Committee for Quality Assurance, provides basic quality information on health plans specified by the individual accessing the site.
California
www.oshpd.cahwnet.gov/HID/	The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Healthcare Information Division website provides links to discharge and financial databases as well as hospital pricing data.
www.oshpd.ca.gov/hqad/hirc.htm	The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Healthcare Quality & Analysis Division website provides links to discharge and financial databases as well as outcomes studies and quality reports.
Maine
mhdo.maine.gov/imhdo/	The Maine Health Data Organization website provides a list of datasets available to the public and ordering information.
www.mainequalityforum.gov/	The Maine Quality Forum website provides quality analysis and medical variation information and ratings for hospitals and physicians.
Massacusetts
www.mass.gov/dhcfp/	The Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (DHCFP) website provides access to cost and quality reports by condition and volume reports by hospital and provider. The website also provides links to hospital, long-term care and HMO databases that include financial data.
www.mahealthdata.org/	The Massachusetts Health Data Organization website provides information for ordering data reports based on discharge data from DHCFP, augmented to improve the quality of the data.
www.mhqp.org	The Massachusetts Health Quality Partners website provides links to quality reports with clinically-based ratings for hospitals and physician practices. The website also provides results from its patient satisfaction survey.
www.patientsfirstma.org/	Patients First, created by the Massachusetts Hospital Association and the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives, provides access to staffing plans voluntarily submitted by Massachusetts hospitals.
Minnesota
www.minnesotahealthinfo.org	The Minnesota Health Information website provides links to data on health care cost and quality resources and data from public and private sources.
New York
www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/healthinfo/patientsafety.htm	The Patient Safety Center, hosted by the New York Department of Health, provides links to cost and quality reports for hospitals, providers, HMOs, and nursing homes as well as general information on state transparency laws. It also provides access to clinical guidelines and discharge databases.
www.NYAGRx.org	AG Rx, a prescription drug price website hosted by the Attorney General’s Office, provides prices for 150 common prescription drugs for 1,000 pharmacies across the state.
Utah
www.health.utah.gov/hda	The Office of Health Care Statistics website provides access to databases and reports with hospital-specific charge information as well as annual quality reports.
health.utah.gov/myhealthcare/	My Health Care in Utah, hosted by the Utah Department of Health, provides links to hospital report cards and comparison reports as well as quality reports on health plans. The website also provides links to non-public data sources.
insurance.utah.gov/consumer_Health.html	The Office of Consumer Health Assistance website links to annual reports on the health insurance market that include premiums collected by company and market share information.
Vermont
www.bishca.state.vt.us/HcaDiv/hcadefault.htm	The Health Care Administration website provides links to hospital report cards, health insurance market information, hospital financial reports, and state health care expenditure reports.
New Hampshire
www.egov.nh.gov/medicine-cabinet	New Hampshire’s Medicine Cabinet, sponsored by the Office of Information Technology, provides data on pharmaceutical prices.
www.nhhealthcost.org	NH Health Cost, hosted by the New Hampshire Insurance Department, lists some typical prices of common inpatient and outpatient services using data from 2003-4 insurance claims.
www.nhqualitycare.org	NH Quality Care, initiated by two foundations, posts four indicators of hospital quality. This web site also notes the various quality projects that New Hampshire hospitals are engaged in.