AHRQ Updates Hospital Use Information in Fast Stats

AHRQ has released new information in HCUP Fast Stats, an online tool that allows users to analyze state-by-state information on hospital use, including the effects of Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act. Since the last update in December 2015, the tool now includes additional quarterly and annual inpatient data from AHRQ’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) for 2015 (for a total of 15 States) and for 2014 (for a total of 39 States). The 15 States with 2015 data are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia, and Wisconsin. The resource displays data in stand-alone graphs and tables to provide access to HCUP-based statistics.

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What's New

HCUP Outstanding Article of the Year Award (4/21/16) Due to a high volume of applicants, winners of the 2015 HCUP Outstanding Article of the Year Award will be contacted in the coming weeks.
HCUP Fast Stats Data Update (4/12/16) HCUP Fast Stats releases updated 2014 and 2015 data on the Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Use.
New HCUP eNews (3/11/16) Read the latest issue of the HCUPeNews.
*NEW* As of March 1, 2016, HCUP Nationwide Databases are now delivered via secure digital download. Nationwide and State Databases may be requested through the HCUP Central Distributor
New Studies added to the Research Spotlights (2/26/16) View the latest publications
HCUP Statistical Brief #202 and #203(4/26/16) Mental and Substance Use Disorders Among Hospitalized Teenagers, 2012 Emergency Department Visits for Children and Young Adults With Diabetes, 2012