Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)doi:10.7910/DVN/QVOHADHarvard Dataverse2026-01-091Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Federal Agency, 2026, "Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD, Harvard Dataverse, V1Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)doi:10.7910/DVN/QVOHADAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)Federal AgencyHealthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)Harvard DataverseAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)Federal AgencyMike ConwayEarth and Environmental SciencesMedicine, Health and Life SciencesElectronic Health RecordsPatient RecordsEmergency DepartmentInpatientAmbulatoryElectronic Health RecordsDemographicsHealth Care Provider CharacteristicsHealth Care Facilities CharacteristicsThe 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.1988-01-012025-12-31Data ResourceCSV<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/><a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>NoneNonemetadata.jsonapplication/jsonREADME.mdtext/markdown