Repository details

Health and Medical Care Archive

Name of repository
Health and Medical Care Archive
Additional name(s)
  • HMCA
  • Data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Data archive of the RWJF
Repository URL
https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/HMCA/index.html
Subject(s)
Description
The Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA) is the data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care in the United States. Operated by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan, HMCA preserves and disseminates data collected by selected research projects funded by the Foundation and facilitates secondary analyses of the data. Our goal is to increase understanding of health and health care in the United States through secondary analysis of RWJF-supported data collections
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
309 studies
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • other
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/HMCA/about.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (2)

Institution
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • RWJF
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Additional name(s)
  • ICPSR
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Guide to social science data preparation and archiving
Policy Name
Digital Preservation Policies and planning at ICPRS

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration
  • other

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
other
DataLicense
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • other

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Data Deposit Form - Deposit agreement
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Metadata standards (2)

Metadata standard
DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)
Metadata standard
Dublin Core

Remarks

Remarks
HMCA is one of the members of Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010255. Restricted data mostly have own policies and users must complete an agreement for the Use fo Confidential Data.
Entry date
2013-04-23
Last update
2024-10-11
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re3data.org: Health and Medical Care Archive; editing status 2024-10-11; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R32W24 last accessed: 2025-04-30