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The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) includes the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States.

HCUP Products

Learn about HCUP products including State and nationwide databases, software and online tools, and reports.

  • HCUP Databases contain information on inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and ambulatory care
  • HCUPnet is an online query system that provides immediate access to health statistics
  • HCUP Fast Stats is an online query tool that uses visual displays to compare national or State statistics on a range of healthcare topics.
  • HCUP Research Tools provide complimentary tools and software to use with HCUP and similar databases
  • HCUP Reports feature findings, publications, and technical reports on HCUP issues
HCUP Services

Utilize HCUP services to purchase HCUP data, get answers to your HCUP-related questions, and learn how to use the HCUP databases.

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What's New

The following 2021 HCUP nationwide databases are now available through the HCUP Central Distributor Online Reporting System (3/27/2024)

  • 2021 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS)
  • 2021 Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD)

HCUP Statistical Brief Emergency Department Dental Conditions, 2019-2020 (PDF file, 1060 KB; HTML) (03/18/24)

  • Changes in emergency department dental condition utilization and costs for 2019 and 2020 are presented by year, age group and traumatic vs. non traumatic diagnosis. Utilization and costs are provided at the population and patient-level. The Stat Brief reports that in 2020 utilization declined by 17.7 percent while costs remained the same compared with 2019. See HCUP Stat Brief #305 for additional findings.

HCUP Software Tools for ICD-10-CM/PCS Fiscal Year 2024 Updates Released (3/6/24)

The 2021 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) now Available

HCUP Central Distributor Online Reporting System (01/01/24)

 

Email HCUP and tell us about your research: hcup@ahrq.gov


Internet Citation: HCUP Home. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). 03 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/home.jsp?utm_source=ahrq&utm_medium=dose&utm_term=&utm_content=4&utm_campaign=ahrq_dose_feb2018.
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