FoCUS: Facts on Care in the US

Complementary Data Resources for FoCUS Users
These resources act as a starting point for exploring complementary data and identifying opportunities to link FoCUS data with additional information to support your research.
Area Health Resource Files
Link FoCUS to county-level data to assess local provider availability and health care capacity.
Link FoCUS to KFF’s state-level data to help users contextualize FoCUS findings within broader state policy environments.
Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts
Link FoCUS to longitudinal nursing facility EHR data and Medicare claims to study resident characteristics, care delivery, and outcomes.
Long-Term Care Data Cooperative
Area Deprivation Index
Link FocUS to neighborhood-level deprivation measures to examine how socioeconomic disadvantage relates to service access and outcomes.
Dartmouth Atlas
Link to geographic measures of health care utilization, spending, and delivery to examine regional variations.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
Link with county-level health and socioeconomic measures to examine how community conditions relate to service access and outcomes.