Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data Sources April 15, 2014August 22, 20180 The Center for Disease Control's (CDC's) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about US residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventative services. BRFSS collects data in all 50 states as well as
CMS Geographic Variation Public Use File Data Sources March 25, 2014February 11, 20150 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed data that enables researchers and policymakers to evaluate geographic variation in the utilization and quality of health care services for the Medicare fee-for-service population. They have aggregated this data into a Geographic Variation Public Use File that has demographic,