title: Sharing State Mental Health Data for Research: Building Toward Ongoing Learning in Mental Health Care Systems.
abstract: With the rise of "big data," the opportunities to use administrative and clinical data to evaluate impact of state level program initiatives are greatly expanded. The National Institute of Mental Health has in recent years supported research studies pooling data across states to address state-relevant questions. This commentary summarizes these activities and describes future platforms that may enhance ongoing work in this area.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 4E440, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA, dchamber@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rupp
mesh_terms: D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008605:Mental Health Services; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009315:National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.); D014481:United States