Health care
The Office of Financial Management conducts analysis of the health care system including workforce, utilization and coverage to inform health policy development.
Health care access, utilization & quality
Analyses, reports, and tools that describe patterns of health care utilization in emergency care, inpatient care, outpatient care, primary care, specialty care, and mental health care.
Data available for understanding key access, cost, and quality components of health care in Washington.
Health coverage
Learn about the medical insurance status of Washingtonians, primary sources and affordability of insurance, and options being considered for increasing access to insurance.
Health care workforce
Read about the workforce and facilities that deliver health care in Washington.
Links to health policy organizations
Find national health policy and research organizations, and government bodies who have a role in health policy.
Recent reports and data
- Estimated Impact of COVID-19 on Washington State's Health Coverage - Sept. 9, 2020 (update)
- Hospital Uncompensated Care and Medicaid Shortfall Following Affordable Care Act - Research Brief 96, Aug. 2020
- Rapid Tapering of Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions in Washington State, January 2017 - Aug. 2020
- 2018-19 Physician Supply: Estimates for Washington State, Counties and Accountable Communities of Health - Apr. 2020
- 2012-18 Legislative District Uninsured Rates Chart Book: Washington State - Feb. 2020
- 2012-18 Congressional District Uninsured Rates Chart Book: Washington State - Feb. 2020
- 2019 WA-APCD Accomplishments - Feb. 2020
- 2012-18 County Uninsured Rates Chart Book: Washington State - Feb. 2020
- 2015-18 Uninsured Rates Chart Book for Accountable Communities of Health: Washington State - Feb. 2020
- Washington State's Uninsured Rate Increased Significantly in 2018 for the First Time Since 2014 - Research Brief 95, Dec. 2019
- Preliminary Estimates of 2018-2019 Physician Supply in Washington State - Research Brief 94, Dec. 2019
- 2017-18 Physician Supply: Estimates for Washington State, Counties and Accountable Communities of Health - Oct. 2019
- Changes in Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Following Closure of the Seattle Pain Center, Washington All-Payer Claims Database, 2015-2017 - Oct. 2019
- Opioid Prescribing Patterns in Washington State: Trends in Opioid Prescriptions Among Adults without Cancer, 2014-2018 - Oct. 2019
- Analysis of Hepatitis C Drug Expenditures Using Transfer Function Time Series Model - Technical Brief , Sept. 2019
- Pharmacy Quality Alliance Opioid Prescribing Measurers in Washington State, 2010-17 - Research Brief 93, Sept. 2019
- Public-funded Health Coverage in Washington: 2017 - Research Brief 92, Aug. 2019
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
