The HCUP Utah inpatient files were constructed from inpatient files received from the Office of Health Care Statistics, Utah Department of Health.

The Utah data include inpatient discharge data from general acute care and some specialty facilities (e.g., children's hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, state psychiatric facilities, etc.) associated with acute care hospitals.

Not all hospitals report a full calendar year of data. Some hospitals close during the year; other hospitals have technical problems that prevent them from reporting a full year.

The documentation supplied by Utah does not indicate whether stays in special units within the hospital (e.g., psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term care) are included in the file.