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About These Tools
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is presenting these data tools for your information and use, but did not create them. These tools may be subject to copyright, and should be used within the terms of use outlined in any copyright restrictions.
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We hope you find these tools useful. We advise you to keep in mind that the content in these tools may cover sensitive issues that could be triggering for certain individuals.
In-Person Marketplace Enrollment Efforts in North Carolina
The “Dashboard for In-Person Marketplace Enrollment Efforts in North Carolina” by the Sheps Center for Health Services Research, tracks and analyzes health insurance enrollment efforts, particularly in rural areas of North Carolina. The tool provides real-time data and visualizations to monitor progress, identify low enrollment areas, and evaluate outreach strategies. It helps stakeholders make informed decisions, understand enrollment trends, and address barriers to enrollment. The goal is to improve access to health insurance for rural populations in North Carolina by tailoring outreach initiatives based on evidence-based strategies.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interactive Tools
This dashboard provides dataset topics on the CMS program and payment, provider and beneficiary characteristics. For example, it has look-up tools on Medicare inpatient hospitals by provider and services, interactive map tools of Medicare disparities by population or hospital, and dashboards that show the prevalence of 21 chronic conditions by state and comparisons of geographic areas among the Medicare population. The Mapping Medicare Disparities tool is available in English and Spanish.
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates
This dashboard is the only source of data for health insurance coverage estimates for all counties in the U.S. by selected economic and demographic characteristics.
The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Tool
This report is a surveillance system that presents opioid overdose ED visit data in North Carolina. It is updated approximately bi-monthly, and users can access the data reports at the state and county levels. Additionally, the ED visits data are stratified by opioid type, age, race and ethnicity, and health insurance coverage. The drug overdose death data are also available from the website.
North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data Descriptive Statistics
This report provides county-level patient discharge statistics for inpatients, outpatients, and ED patients. The data are stratified by age and race and ethnicity. When applicable, the data can be accessed by hospital, facility, and payer. The data source also offers graphs and maps for users to explore and analyze the data visually.
North Carolina Medicaid Division of Health Benefits
This dashboard provides timely statistics on NC Medicaid Enrollment, PHP Claims Monitoring, NC Medicaid Funding and Expenditures, and Providers Receiving Medicaid Payments. The data are available through dashboards, maps, annual reports, and tables at the county and state levels.
Healthy Communities NC Dashboard
The interactive Healthy Communities NC Data Dashboard brings together and visualizes indicator data related to the Healthy NC 2030 goals. Data are displayed at the county and census-tract levels, as well as by region (mountains, sandhills, Triangle, Charlotte-metro, etc.) and show relative rankings to compare one county to others across the state. Using this tool, you can see an overview of your county’s status and challenges, and compare them with other counties / communities in the state.