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The HCUP family of administrative longitudinal databases contains discharge-level information on inpatient care in U.S. hospitals or ambulatory surgery encounters. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership.
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Nationwide HCUP Databases

Nationwide HCUP databases can be used to identify, track, and analyze national trends in health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.

Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
State-Specific HCUP Databases

State-specific HCUP databases can be used to investigate State-specific and multi-State trends in health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.

State Inpatient Databases (SID) State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD)

Additional information is available on the AHRQ Web site.
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Internet Citation: HCUP Databases. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2004.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/databases.jsp.
Last modified 9/10/04