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The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

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What is the HCUP Program?

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project is family of databases, software tools and related products developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored

by AHRQ. HCUP databases are derived from administrative data and contain encounter-level, clinical and nonclinical information including all-listed diagnoses and

procedures, discharge status, patient demographics, and charges for all patients, regardless of payer (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, uninsured) these

databases enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care programs, and

outcomes of treatments at the national, State, and local market levels.

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Databases

Illinois Dejan Jovanov Discharge Data

Manager/System Architect Illinois Department of Public

Health 122 S. Michigan Ave, 7th

Floor Chicago, IL 60603-6152 Phone: (312) 814-1627

Fax: (312) 814-1953 E-mail:

[email protected] Web site:

http://www.dph.illinois.gov/

The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)

 Allows researchers to study a broad range of conditions and procedures related to

children's health. Researchers and policymakers can use KID data to identify, track, and

analyze health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.

The State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases (SASD)

 Data of the encounter-level for ambulatory surgery and other outpatient services from

hospital-owned facilities. States provide data for ambulatory surgery and outpatient

services from nonhospital-owned facilities.

The National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS)

 The largest publicly available all-payer hospital inpatient care database in the United

States. Researchers and policymakers use NIS data to identify, track, and analyze trends

in health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.

The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS)

 Information on emergency department (ED) visits that do not result in an admission as

well as ED visits that result in an admission to the same hospital. enables analyses of

ED utilization patterns and supports public health professionals, administrators,

policymakers, and clinicians in their decision making regarding this critical source of

care. United States Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.).

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Reference

United States Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Healthcare cost and utilization project (HCUP).

https://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/index.html

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