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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

The HCUP (pronounced "H-CUP") family of health care databases and related software tools and products is made possible by a Federal-State-Industry partnership sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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Welcome to the HCUP User Support
(HCUP-US) Web site!

This Web site is designed to answer HCUP-related questions; provide detailed information on HCUP databases, tools, and products; and offer technical assistance to HCUP users.

What is HCUP?

Overview of HCUP
On-line HCUP Overview Course is an interactive, modular course that provides information about HCUP data, software tools and products.
Index of HCUP Topics

HCUP Products

HCUP Databases include the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States.
HCUPnet provides free, immediate access to national, regional, and State-level hospital inpatient statistics based on HCUP data.
HCUP Tools & Software help health services researchers and decision makers to use HCUP and other similar databases.
HCUP Reports feature new findings, publications, research notes based on HCUP data, and technical reports about HCUP issues.

HCUP Services

HCUP Central Distributor offers HCUP databases for purchase.
HCUP User Support answers questions and provides technical assistance to HCUP users.
HCUP Mailing List provides enrollees with information on new HCUP data, tools, and products.
HCUP Data Use Agreement Training Tool educates HCUP data users on important requirements for the use of HCUP data.

What's New

New website page showcases published articles using HCUP Research Spotlights highlights various important findings
HCUP session and booth at APA 2009 Pediatric Hospital Medicine meeting July 23 workshop on using HCUP for pediatric research
HCUP at June 28-30 Academy Health ARM HCUP activities include overview, readmissions panel discussion and booth
New HCUP Databases Released! 2007 NIS 2006 NEDS More 2007 State databases Price increases starting July 1
New HCUP Statistical Briefs #74 and #75 Potentially Avoidable Injuries to Mothers and Newborns During Childbirth, 2006 Sports Injuries in Children Requiring Hospital Emergency Care, 2006

Tell us how your research with HCUP may have affected health outcomes or policy

Additional information is available on the AHRQ Web site. If you have comments, suggestions, and/or questions, please contact hcup@ahrq.gov.

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