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Data Dive: Potentially Preventable ED Visits

Data Dive: Potentially Preventable ED Visits in Colorado With CIVHC’s Community Dashboard, based on data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), users can identify how performance in critical health measures varies across Colorado communities and where the most significant opportunities lie for improvement and impact. Communities, providers, Read more

By Sarah Ford, ago
Bar chart comparing the variation in prices for labor and delivery in Colorado for 2022, based on data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database. The graphic highlights the costs for vaginal delivery without complications (DRG 807) and cesarean section without complications (DRG 788) at different facilities. Gunnison Valley Hospital has the lowest cost for vaginal delivery at $4,580, while Community Hospital has the highest at $15,000. For cesarean section, the lowest cost is $9,280 at Banner Fort Collins Medical Center, and the highest is $38,760 at Valley View Hospital. The statewide median costs are $5,503 for vaginal delivery and $11,164 for cesarean section.

Data Dive: Cost of Labor and Delivery in Colorado

Having a baby is expensive across the United States; the Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation Health System Tracker finds the national average cost of giving birth is $18,865, with an average of $2,854 paid out of pocket after insurance (including both vaginal and cesarean deliveries). This data dive looks at the cost Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Breast Cancer Screenings in Colorado

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are using the Center for Improving Value in Health Care’s (CIVHC) Community Dashboard, powered by data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), to look at breast cancer screening rates in Colorado. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Social Needs Codes in the CO APCD

Social factors such as race, education, income, housing and transportation can have a major impact on a person’s ability to live a healthy life. These social determinants of health play a powerful, fundamental role in health outcomes and health equity for individuals and entire communities. In fact, studies have found Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Men’s Health Month

The way people access and utilize health care varies across age, location, race, and gender. Recognizing the recent men’s health awareness month, we investigated Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) data to identify how men in Colorado access health care. In November 2021, CIVHC released an updated Community Dashboard Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Mental Health Care in Colorado

Although the importance of addressing behavioral health, including mental health, has long been recognized, the onset of COVID-19 brought it into greater focus. This is also true in Colorado, where use of behavioral health services via telemedicine spiked rapidly and grew dramatically throughout 2020. In recognition of May being Mental Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Pediatric Care in Colorado

With CIVHC’s Community Dashboard, users can identify how performance in critical health measures varies across Colorado communities and where the most significant opportunities lie for improvement and impact. Providers, payers, consumers, and other stakeholders can examine several aspects of care including cost, use of preventative services, utilization and access to Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Colorectal Cancer

Recently updated recommendations urge more Coloradans to receive screenings Colorectal Cancer is the fourth most common type of new cancer diagnoses in Colorado at a rate of just over 30 people for every 100,000. For Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, we are taking a look at recent changes to Read more

By CIVHC, ago

Data Dive: Heart Disease

Heart Disease Varies Among Coloradans, Across the State and by Health Insurance Coverage In recognition of Heart Disease Awareness Month in February, we examined data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to identify how heart disease varies across the state. According to the Centers for Disease Control Read more

By CIVHC, ago