10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Federal Agency Harvard Dataverse 2026 Earth and Environmental Sciences Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Electronic Health Records Patient Records Emergency Department Inpatient Ambulatory Electronic Health Records Demographics Health Care Provider Characteristics Health Care Facilities Characteristics Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Federal Agency 2026-01-09 1988-01-01/2025-12-31 Data Resource;CSV /reports/pubsearch/pubsearch.jsp 2 821 application/json text/markdown 1.0 Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is a collection of healthcare databases, and related software tools and products, developed through a Federal-State-Industry partnership. The databases are a national information resource of encounter-level healthcare data produced from the efforts of State data organizations, hospital associations, private data organizations, and the Federal government. They enable research on a broad range of health policy issues, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to healthcare programs, and outcomes of treatments at the national, State, and local market levels. <b>Intended Use</b><ul><li>HCUP is intended to allow researchers, insurers, policymakers, and others to study health care delivery and patient outcomes across time and at national, state, regional, and community levels.</li></ul><br/>