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The
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) includes the
largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the
United States.
- Overview of HCUP
- Online HCUP
Overview Course is an interactive course that provides
information about HCUP data, software tools, and products
- Frequently Asked
Questions
HCUP Products
Learn about
HCUP products including State and nationwide databases,
software and online tools, and reports.
- HCUP Databases contain
information on inpatient stays, emergency department visits,
and ambulatory care
- HCUPnet
is an online query system that provides immediate access to
health statistics
- HCUP Fast Stats is an online query tool
that uses visual displays to compare national or State
statistics on a range of healthcare topics.
- HCUP Research Tools
provide complimentary tools and software to use with HCUP and
similar databases
- HCUP Reports feature
findings, publications, and technical reports on HCUP issues
HCUP Services
Utilize HCUP
services to purchase HCUP data, get answers to your
HCUP-related questions, and learn how to use the HCUP
databases.
- Purchase HCUP
data through the HCUP Central Distributor
- HCUP Technical
Assistance answers questions and provides support to HCUP
users
- HCUP Online
Tutorial Series provides free tutorials on HCUP data and
tools, including training on technical methods for conducting
research with HCUP data
- HCUP Data Use
Agreement Training Tool is a required tutorial for all
purchasers and users of HCUP data that defines how the data
can be used
Join the HCUP Mailing List
Join the HCUP Mailing List to receive information
on new HCUP data, tools, and products.
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HCUP Award for Outstanding Research
- The HCUP Award for Outstanding Research is a biennial award sponsored by AHRQ and AcademyHealth. The award recognizes outstanding research published in peer-reviewed journals that used HCUP databases to explore and address healthcare topics and issues. The call for nominations for articles published from July 1 2022 to June 30, 2024 will be open from November 11, 2024 to December 20, 2024. See the awards page for more information and application instructions.
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HCUP Statistical Brief #314: Hospital Differences in Adult
Inpatient Stays with Healthcare-Associated Infections, 2019
and 2021 (PDF file, 1.3 MB), Appendix ( PDF file, 77.9 KB) (10/15/2024)
- Pooled State-level estimates on adult inpatient stays
involving healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are
presented from the hospital perspective from 2019 to 2021.
The rate of inpatient stays is presented separately for five
examined HAIs by select hospital characteristics. The Stat
Brief reports that in 2019 and 2021, large, public
non-Federal, teaching, and metropolitan hospitals had higher
rates of HAIs compared with their counterparts. See HCUP Stat Brief #314 for additional
findings.
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HCUP Statistical Brief #313: Prevalence and Burden of
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), 2016-2021 (PDF file, 358.2 KB), Appendix ( PDF file, 77.9 KB) (10/15/2024)
- Pooled State-level estimates on adult inpatient stays
involving healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are
presented from 2016 to 2021. The rate of inpatient stays,
median length of stay, median total hospital cost, and
in-hospital mortality rate are examined separately for HAI
and non-HAI stays by the most common major diagnostic
category (MDC) in 2019 and 2021. The Stat Brief reports that
in 2019 and 2021, inpatient stays with any of the examined
HAIs had a longer median length of stay, a higher in-hospital
mortality rate, and a higher median hospital cost than stays
without any HAIs. See HCUP Stat Brief #313 for additional
findings.
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HCUP Topical Report: Maternal Health Chartbook, 2010-2019 (PDF file, 5.42 MB) (10/09/2024)
- Hospital utilization trends in delivery stays with
selected co-existing maternal health conditions (diabetes,
hypertension, mental health disorders, substance use
disorders, and severe maternal morbidity) are presented for
2010-2019. Rates of these co-existing conditions are
presented overall and by expected payer and patient
characteristics. Hypertension was the most common selected
co-existing condition among delivery stays from 2010 to 2019.
Each of the selected maternal health conditions was most
common in delivery stays for Black non-Hispanic women, and
for women aged 35–55 years. See the HCUP
Topical Reports page for additional findings.
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HCUP Statistical Brief #312: Trends in Severe Maternal
Morbidity Complications by Patient Characteristics, 2016-2021
(PDF file, 965.8 KB), Appendix (PDF file, 347.8 KB)(10/09/2024)
- Hospital utilization trends in delivery stays with
severe maternal morbidity (SMM) are presented for 2016-2021;
stratified by COVID-19 status in 2020 and 2021. SMM rate
changes by patient characteristics are compared between 2016
and 2021 overall and across six SMM complication groups
(hemorrhage, respiratory, cardiac, renal, sepsis, and other)
separately. The rate of SMM increased 40 percent from 2016 to
2021 but among delivery stays without COVID-19 the increase
was 21 percent. Delivery stays with respiratory complications
(137 percent) followed by renal complications (119 percent)
and sepsis (54 percent) had the largest six-year rate
increase compared with all other complications. See HCUP
Stat Brief #312 for additional findings.
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