Data Contacts for the Bureau of Health Information and Policy

All persons listed can also be reached by mail:

Bureau of Health Information and Policy
Division of Public Health 
Department of Health Services
PO Box 2659
Madison WI  53701-2659

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Cancer

Health Care Information

Hospital-based health care data and custom reports (hospital inpatient, emergency department  and ambulatory surgery records) for Wisconsin state and local agencies:
Richard Miller:   Richard.Miller@wisconsin.gov    (608) 267-3858

Note: Others wishing to purchase hospital inpatient or facility data or analyses should contact the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center at (608) 274-1820 or e-mail WHAInfoCenter@wha.org. Limited and less timely Wisconsin hospital inpatient data is also available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project (HCUP).

Linked health care records (creating patient-level information from inpatient, emergency department, office visit and ambulatory surgery records)
Richard Miller:   Richard.Miller@wisconsin.gov   (608) 267-3858

Physician office visit data
Audrey Nohel:   Audrey.Nohel@wisconsin.gov   (608) 267-0244

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Health Insurance Statistics

Health Surveys

Family Health Survey
Ann Buedel Spooner:   Ann.Spooner@wisconsin.gov  (608) 267-7264
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Local Data

WISH data query system
Torrey Nelson:   Torrey.Nelson@wisconsin.gov   (608) 267-0235

Community Health Profiles--Infants and Pregnant Women
 Torrey Nelson:   Torrey.Nelson@wisconsin.gov   (608) 267-0235

Community Health Profiles--People with Chronic Conditions
Torrey Nelson:   Torrey.Nelson@wisconsin.gov   (608) 267-0235

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Population Estimates

Vital Statistics

Deaths
Joyce Knapton:  Joyce.Knapton@wisconsin.gov  (608) 267-7815

Life expectancy
Karl Pearson:  Karl.Pearson@wisconsin.gov   (608) 266-1920

Marriages and divorces
Joyce Knapton:  Joyce.Knapton@wisconsin.gov  (608) 267-7815

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Wisconsin Vital Records Services - Birth, death, marriage, divorce records.

Last Revised: July 01, 2009