Table 1.
Data sources for the Ending the Epidemic (ETE) geovisualization dashboard.
| Source | Description (level of data aggregation) | Format | Timeframe | Distribution | Measures |
| Surveillance data | Population-based registry: electronic reporting of lab tests; physician reports; active field surveillance; case investigations (as low as ZIP code, but may be a larger geographic area when numbers all small to protect privacy) | Prepared in SAS, converted to Excel | Annual | New York State, New York City | Number of new HIV/AIDSa diagnoses, prevalent cases, linkage to care, retention in care, viral load suppression, late and concurrent diagnoses, CD4 count, AIDS diagnoses, deaths among people living with HIV/AIDS |
| NYC Community Health Survey | Telephone survey (United Hospital Fund neighborhood) | Prepared in SAS, converted to Excel | Annual | New York City (all 5 boroughs) | HIV testing and condom use |
| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System | Telephone survey (County) | Static reports | Annual | New York State | HIV testing |
| NY State Department of Health Quality of Care program (eHIVQUAL) | Facility-reported performance measurement review (Facility) | Static reports | Biennial | New York State | Visit frequency, new patient retention, viral load suppression, antiretroviral therapy usage |
| NYLinks | Facility-reported performance measurement web application (Facility) | Static reports | Bi-monthly, quarterly | Regions: Upper Manhattan, Western New York, Hudson Region, Queens, Long Island | Linkage to care among newly diagnosed, short-term retention, 2-year retention in care |
| Vital statistics | Registry of all deaths and live births, collected administratively (County) | Excel | Annual | New York State, New York City | Deaths with underlying cause of HIV/AIDS |
| Medicaid | Administrative billing data (County) | Excel | Annual | New York State | PreP prescriptions filled |
aAIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome.