Building on a previously funded OS-PCORTF initiative, this project piloted a new maternal mental health use case for the Longitudinal Maternal & Child Health Information for Research Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR) Implementation Guide.
Health & Health Care
ASPE produces health policy research with a focus on equity, coverage, and access. Find resources related to a broad range of topics, including the uninsured population, vaccine hesitancy, Medicaid/CHIP, Medicare, the federal marketplace (HealthCare.gov), telehealth, health care delivery, underserved areas, delivery system transformation, health outcomes, and social determinants of health.
Noteworthy Resources and Reports
Vaccine Hesitancy for COVID-19: State, County, and Local Estimates
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. Explore the interactive map and other resources.
Topic Areas
Reports
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Structural Fragmentation Contributes to Administrative Complexity in Child Welfare Funding
ASPE Data Point
The U.S. Age-Adjusted Death Rate Reached a Record Low in 2025: What Drove the Decline?
KEY POINTSCDC reported a provisional 2025 age-adjusted death rate of 689.2 deaths per 100,000 population, the lowest ever reported death rate and 4.6% below the final 2024 rate of 722.1 deaths per 100,000 population.CDC notes that the published 2024
ASPE Issue Brief
Financing Medicaid Through Provider Taxes on Hospitals: Spillover Effects on Employment-Based Coverage Premiums
KEY POINTSThe average state provider tax law, which typically taxed a hospital up to 3.5 percent of net patient revenue, resulted in an increase in ESI premiums of 1.5-1.7 percent, plus any spillover effect on interstate markets for provider resources.
ASPE Data Point
Health and Economic Benefits Associated with Increased Kidney Transplantation Following the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative in 2019
KEY POINTSAnnual growth in the number of kidney transplants began to accelerate in 2019.
Strategic Plan
Kidney Care National Plan
The Kidney Care National Plan highlights the continued commitment of HHS to advance kidney care and identifies opportunities for policy reform and improvement across the Department’s efforts. The relative lack of innovation in kidney care is the structural outcome of anti-competitive and burdensome actions that have maintained the national crisis of kidney disease and kidney failure.
Case Study
A Home for Every Child Case Studies: Briefs from Five States with Some of the Highest Home-to-Child Ratios
The Administration for Children and Families’ initiative, A Home for Every Child, is designed to help achieve at least a one-to-one ratio of foster homes available for children and youth in foster care, where the numerator is the number of foster homes available and the denominator is the number of children in care.
Case Study, Research Brief
Strategies to Improve the Ratio of Homes Available to Children in Foster Care: Findings from Five States
The goal of the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF’s) A Home for Every Child initiative is to have a safe and supportive home available for every child or youth in foster care. ACF measures the initiative’s success by a one-to-one home-to-child ratio, meaning there are as many foster homes available as there are children in foster care.
Report
Evidence-Based Measures for Chronic Disease Outcomes: A Review of Available Measures for Emergent HIV Therapies
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Evidence-Based Measures for Chronic Disease Outcomes: A Review of Available Measures for Emergent Sickle Cell Disease Therapies
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