HCUP definition
Examples of HCUP in a sentence
Actions taken by AHRQ may include but not be limited to providing notice of the termination or violation to affected parties and prohibiting data recipient(s) from accessing HCUP data in the future.
Permission is obtained from the HCUP data sources (i.e., state data organizations, hospital associations, and data consortia) to use the identification of hospital establishments (when such identification appears in the data sets) for research, analysis, and aggregate statistical reporting.
The members eligible to participate at this Level shall be determined by predictive modeling to meet ALL of the following criteria: no identified health risks; no identified chronic conditions [as identified by the Chronic Condition tool created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) HCUP database]; and no indication of pregnancy; or no claims history.
The AHRQ Confidentiality Statute prohibits the use of HCUP data to identify establishments unless the individual establishment has consented.
Misuse of identifiable HCUP data about hospitals or any other establishment constitutes a violation of this Agreement and may constitute a violation of the AHRQ Confidentiality Statute.
This benchmark is a nationwide comparative rate based on an analysis of discharge data from forty states from the 2013 AHRQ Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Database (SID).
Unauthorized Uses of HCUP Data–Data recipients may only use HCUP data sets for research, analysis and aggregate statistical reporting projects approved by AHRQ.
Each Data Organization determines the data elements included in the HCUP Central Distributor version of their SID, SASD, and SEDD, within the AHRQ-defined framework applied to all databases.
AHRQ’s dissemination of databases through the HCUP Central Distributor is provided at no cost to participating Data Organizations.
In the USA, the CDC reported a total of 350,000 cases in 2010 (Figure 2: Data from HCUP Statistical Brief #124 and CDC National Vital Statistic Reports) although reliable estimates put the annual number of cases at around 500,000.