Description
HCUP is a family of health care databases and related software tools developed through a federal-state-industry partnership to build a multistate health data system for health care research and decision making. The SID, a component of HCUP, is a set of hospital databases from data organizations in participating states. The SID encompasses about 90 %of all U.S. community hospital discharges. Some states include discharges from specialty facilities, such as psychiatric hospitals.
Supplier(s)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Periodicity
Annual
Selected Content
The HCUP (SID) contains a core set of clinical and nonclinical information found in a typical discharge abstract, including all-listed diagnoses and procedures, discharge status, patient demographics and procedures, and charges for all patients regardless of payer.
Population covered
The current HCUP (SID) includes hospital discharge files in 40 participating states.
Methodology
The HCUP (SIDS) data bases are provided to HCUP by state data organizations.
Interpretation Issues
The number of states in the HCUP (SID) varies by year.
References
National Center for Health Statistics. Health United States 2009: With Special Feature on Medical Technology. Hyattsville, Maryland. 2010; pp 452-453.
http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup and related web pages. Accessed August 11, 2010.