Safety Net Monitoring

Baseline data and tools to help monitor the status of local safety nets in providing health care to low-income and other vulnerable populations.

Safety Net Monitoring Initiative: Fact Sheet

Data for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net
Safety Net Measures, Definitions, and Data Sources
Book 1. Data for Metropolitan Areas
Book 2. Data for States and Counties
Electronic Data Sets and Documentation
(Excel and Statistical Software Formats)
Frequently Asked Questions

Safety Net Profile: Online Query System

Book 3. Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net
Overview
Part 1. Gathering Information About People and Providers
Part 2. Understanding and Using the Information
Part 3. Special Circumstances: Rural Areas
Interactive Tool and Software

Learn More: Web Conference

Working with State Policymakers
Developing Data-Driven Capabilities to Support Policymaking

Technical Assistance and Feedback
E-mail: safenet@ahrq.gov

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Order Publications and Data Products
AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse
E-mail: ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov
Toll-Free Phone: 800-358-9295

A Data Book for Metropolitan Areas
    AHRQ Publication No. 03-0025
A Data Book for States and Counties
    AHRQ Publication No. 03-0026
Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net
    AHRQ Publication No. 03-0027

The print version of Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net will be released early in 2004. Contact the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse to put your name on the waiting list.