Texas Health Care Information Collection
Center for Health Statistics
The Texas Health Care Information Collection (THCIC) includes data from:
The annual Indicators of Inpatient Care in Texas Hospitals, a report on the performance by Texas hospitals on measures of quality in 2004, is now available.
The Texas Public Use Data File (PUDF) for all quarters of 2005 is now available for purchase.
The data files for 2005 include 255 data fields in a base data file and 13 data fields in a detailed charges file. Data files for years before 2004 include only 105 data fields. Information on these additional data fields is included in the User Manual. The PUDF contains data on hospital inpatient discharges and includes:
- Patient demographic data - including age group, sex, race and ethnicity
- Geographic data - including the patient’s zip code
- Diagnoses and procedures
- Primary and secondary sources of payment – including detailed charges
The Texas PUDF is one of the largest sources of hospital discharge data in the U.S. It can be used for:
- Studying and improving health care services – including monitoring patient quality and outcomes
- Strategic planning – including comparative analyses and market assessment
- Marketing and business development – including program and product line planning
The Guide to HMO Quality 2006, an annual reference book on the performance of Texas HMOs, has been published by the Office of Public Insurance Counsel.
Preventable Hospitalizations, 2002, a report on 16 conditions for which timely and effective use of primary care should reduce the risk of hospitalization, has been released. Hospitalization rates by county are presented in the report.
| THCIC maintains a Registry of Health Care Providers and Referral Groups available to provide life-sustaining treatment or other services relating to the Texas Advance Directives Act.
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