Additional Resources
Kentuckyhealthfacts.org is sponsored by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The aim is to provide ready access to key health data for Kentucky communities. On the home page, you’ll find a Kentucky map. Click your county!
Statehealthfacts.org can help you find how Kentucky compares with other states on a wide range of health statistics, such as the prevalence of health conditions, the number of uninsured, state health spending and private health premium costs. It's a great site to learn what's happening in health care in Kentucky and the rest of the country.
Kentucky Health Issues Poll
- What Kentuckians Think About Their Own Health Status: Less than half of Kentuckians rate their health as excellent or very good.
- What Kentuckians Think About Health Issues in the 2008 Presidential Election: Reducing health care and insurance costs is top issue.
- What Kentuckians Think About the State of the State and Policy: Over 90% rank reducing the number of uninsured children as top issue facing Kentucky.
Health Coverage and the Uninsured in Kentucky
- Uninsured Kentuckians Older, Poorer, and More Likely to be Underemployed than U. S. Average
- Cost a Major Barrier for Kentucky’s Uninsured
- Substantial Portion of Insured, Working-Age Kentuckians Discouraged from Seeking Needed Health Care by Costs
- More Than Half a Million Working-Age Kentuckians Uninsured for All or Part of Past Year
- Average Cost of Employer-Based Health Insurance in Kentucky
- Kentucky Medicaid-Reports by Health Management Associates
Health Status and Health Services in Kentucky
- Kentucky Health Care Market Report-2007
- Kentucky County Health Profiles
- Kaiser State Health Facts: Overview of Kentucky health facts and how Kentucky compares with other states on:
- Health costs
- Health coverage and the uninsured
- Managed care and health insurance
- Medicaid & SCHIP
- Medicare
- Minority health
- Provider and service use
- Women’s health
- Kentucky Department of Public Health Data Warehouse: Data from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which includes:
- Epidemiology reports
- Health status of Kentuckians
- HIV-AIDS data
- Health services utilization reports
- Vital statistics reports
Kentucky Demographic/Economic Data
State Programs That Provide Health Coverage in Kentucky
- Medicaid (for Kentuckians meeting income guidelines)
- Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP)
- Kentucky Access (for individuals with high-cost health conditions)
- ICARE (for small businesses)
Community Health Centers/FQHCs
- FQHC Fact Sheet (CMS)
Find a Health Center (HRSA)
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
KY Primary Care Association
Research Links
- State Health Facts
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission Reports
- Kentucky Long-Term Policy and Research Center
- Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
- Public Welfare Foundation
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Governors Association
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Families USA
- Stand Up For Health Care
