As of August 4, 2021, 70.1 percent of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, vaccine coverage varies dramatically across the country, with vaccine coverage being less than 40 percent in a third of U.S. counties. Despite a sufficient supply of COVID-19 vaccines, daily vaccinations have dwindled in recent months.
Office of Science and Data Policy (SDP)
The Office of Science and Data Policy is the departmental focal point for policy research, analysis, evaluation, and coordination of department-wide public health science policy and data policy activities and issues. The Office provides authoritative advice and analytical support to the ASPE and departmental leadership on public health science policy and data policy issues and initiatives, coordinates science and data policy issues of interagency scope within HHS, and manages interagency initiatives in science policy and data policy. The Office works closely with staff from across the Department on strategic plan development and implementation efforts. The Offices also carries out a program of policy research, analysis, evaluation, and data development in these issues.
The Office of Science and Data Policy includes several components:
- Division of Science and Public Health Policy
- Division of Evidence, Evaluation and Data Policy
- Division of Strategic Planning
Topic Areas:
- HHS Data Council
- Regulatory Impact Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Information Quality Guidelines
- Prevention and wellness
- Public health systems and functions
- Food safety and nutrition
- Drugs and devices
- Tobacco control and prevention
- Biomedical research and development
- Economic analysis
- Emergency preparedness, response, and recovery
- Data and statistical policy
- Health disparities and vulnerable populations
- Health information technology
- Microsimulation
- Privacy policy
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Unvaccinated for COVID-19 but Willing: Demographic Factors, Geographic Patterns, and Changes Over Time
August 9, 2021
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Appendix D: Updating Value per Statistical Life (VSL) Estimates for Inflation and Changes in Real Income
June 29, 2021
The HHS Guidelines for Regulatory Impact Analysis (2016) discuss an approach to valuing mortality risk reductions, commonly referred to as the value per statistical life (VSL). This appendix provides background information on the VSL estimates, describes the process for updating these values, reports the estimates in 2020 dollars, and illustrates their application.
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Vaccine Hesitancy for COVID-19: State, County, and Local Estimates
June 16, 2021
To support state and local communication and outreach efforts, ASPE developed state, county, and sub-state level predictions of hesitancy rates using the most recently available federal survey data, the Household Pulse Survey from May 26-June 7, 2021. This page includes an interactive map, a pdf file with a methodological description, and datasets for download.
Physician Understanding and Willingness to Prescribe Biosimilars: Findings from a US National Survey
May 17, 2021
This study presents the findings of a national survey of physicians about their knowledge of biosimilar biological products as well as the impact of biological product naming conventions on prescriber choice.
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Department of Health & Human Services Evaluation Policy
May 12, 2021
This is an evaluation policy for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), required by the Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Evidence Act). ASPE convened a group of agency representatives from across HHS operating and staff divisions to develop the policy.
Department of Health & Human Services FY 2022 Evaluation Plan
May 12, 2021
As part of the Evidence Act, HHS is required to submit “an evaluation plan describing activities the agency plans to conduct pursuant to [its evidence-building plan].” Nine operating divisions within HHS and one staff division developed evaluation plans and included information on priority questions being examined by the agencies as well as data, methods, and challenges to addressing those ques
To Big Data or Not: Determining the Use of Big Data
September 25, 2019
The purpose of this research project was to provide the Office of Science and Data Policy at ASPE with some informed observations concerning the use of new data sources and data management strategies in policy research, evaluation, and decision-making at the federal level. A secondary goal was to identify successful training models in data science for the federal workforce.
2018 HHS Data Strategy: Enhancing the HHS Evidence-Based Portfolio
April 30, 2019
The 2018 HHS Data Strategy focuses on improving the Department’s capacity to develop statistical evidence to support policymaking and program evaluation over the next six to eight years.
Using Evidence to Drive Decision-Making in Government
March 5, 2019
This report presents the findings from the Policy Analysis and Decision-Making Capacity project, funded by the Office of Science and Data Policy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Economic Incentives for the Development of Rapid Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostic Devices for C.Difficile, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
January 1, 2019
Antibacterial resistance is responsible for excess morbidity, mortality, and medical costs around the globe. Estimates vary widely, but the economic cost of antibacterial resistance in the United States could be as high as $20 billion and $35 billion a year in excess direct healthcare costs and lost productivity costs, respectively. CDC’s most recent report on U.S.