Research & Analytics
We advance oral health access, equity, and integration through rigorous, actionable research that informs policy, practice, and systems change.
Transforming Health with Integrated Data and Actionable Insights
Our vision for the future is an integrated data ecosystem that accelerates learning, enables collaboration, and drives actionable change across the health system. To get there, we are bringing together dental, medical, and social data to help move evidence into policy and practice.
Where We Change the Health System
- Whole-person health
- Medicaid innovation and equity
- Quality measurement and value-based care
- Rural and underserved community needs
- Workforce and delivery system transformation
How We Change the Health System
- Advanced health analytics
- Mixed methods research and evaluation
- Equity-focused insights and measurement
- Data ecosystem development and governance
- Policy-and action-oriented storytelling
Making Data More Integrated and Accessible to Improve Whole Health
The CareQuest Institute Health Data Exchange brings together dental, medical, and social data in a single, cloud-based environment. It enables researchers, policymakers, payers, and providers to quickly find, access, and use high-quality datasets and tools to drive whole-person health insights.
Within the Exchange, you can:
- Find: Search curated datasets and data products with clear documentation.
- Access: Request data directly in the platform and track approvals with secure, role-based permissions.
- Use: Analyze data in the built-in Analytics Workbench, explore dashboards, and accelerate insights with AI-powered tools.
Data sources include: claims (Medicaid, Medicare, commercial); clinical data (electronic medical/dental records; social and community datasets; CareQuest pilots and programs.
Featured Data Products
Search for key findings, explore trends, and analyze outcomes, all in one place.
A clear, consolidated view of US dental coverage data across states. Explore adult coverage levels, population demographics, provider density, and cost and utilization metrics, all in one place.
Transform how you interact with dental and medical data through a secure, intuitive, AI-powered interface. Uncover trends, generate insights, and explore patient outcomes.
Featured Research
Out of Pocket: A Snapshot of Adults’ Dental and Medical Care Coverage
Dental Care in Crisis: Tracking the Cost and Prevalence of Emergency Department Visits for Non-Traumatic Dental Conditions
Oral Health in America: Who Gets Left Behind?
Partner with Us
We prioritize high-impact research, strategic partnerships, and accessible dissemination to support policy-relevant change and health system transformation. We are interested in collaborating with partners to explore, publish, and disseminate actionable research, analytics, and evaluations to create a health care system that is accessible, equitable, and integrated.