Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) (doi:10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD)

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Citation

Title:

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2026-01-09

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Federal Agency, 2026, "Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD

Authoring Entity:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Federal Agency

Producer:

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Access Authority:

Federal Agency

Depositor:

Mike Conway

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QVOHAD

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Electronic Health Records, Patient Records, Emergency Department, Inpatient, Ambulatory

Topic Classification:

Electronic Health Records, Demographics, Health Care Provider Characteristics, Health Care Facilities Characteristics

Abstract:

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.

Time Period:

1988-01-01-2025-12-31

Kind of Data:

Data Resource

Kind of Data:

CSV

Notes:

<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/>

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Data Access

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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

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