SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS

The CMHPSR consists of a group of multidisciplinary faculty and staff interested in the public behavioral health care system. We are a division within the Center that focuses on secondary data analysis. 

We are one of the first university based groups to employ administrative data to effectively plan, coordinate and evaluate care for patients with mental health disorders and effectively integrate data across agencies.

TYPES OF DATA USED

“The nature of service system research for the seriously mentally ill population requires the use of a number of large claims level databases. Our database provides an opportunity to examine the system-wide dynamics of service utilization and cost among the mentally ill and those with substance abuse problems in a major urban setting.”
  • Administrative data from state or local Behavioral Health Agencies
  • Medicaid claims and enrollment data
  • Pharmacy data
  • Hospital Discharge Data – PHC4/HCUP
  • Education, criminal justice, housing and shelter records

WHO WE WORK WITH

  • Federal, State, Local Government Agencies
  • Program Directors
  • Foundations
  • Researchers and Research Institutes

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

  1. Data Management Services and Analytic Support
  2. Guidance in structuring and integrating data
  3. QA for data elements 
  4. Monitoring trends; ie: changes in service patterns, outcomes and costs of behavioral health care across individual and multiple public sector systems for persons who are long-term recipients of care
  5. Constructing benchmarks for best practice and performance (P4P)
  6. Geographic analysis of areas of concern

EXAMPLES OF OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • System redesign evaluation
  • Community integration and Recovery Initiatives
  • Integration of Physical and Behavioral Health Programs-Patient Oriented Medical Homes,
  • Mental Health Disparities in Access and Quality of Care
  • Cost effectiveness of new interventions
  • Prescribing Practices in treatment of Behavioral Health Disorders
  • Impact of insurance mandates on service use 
  • Consult with organizations around their use of "big data"