What's New at HCUP User Support

What's New at HCUP User Support

HCUP Method Series Reports

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) has posted two updated reports on methodological issues concerning administrative databases.

• 2016-04:   Population Denominator Data for Use with the HCUP Databases (Updated with 2015 Population Data)
• 2016-05:  Identifying Observation Services in the HCUP State Databases (Updated with 2013 HCUP Data)

The Method Series Reports can be found at http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/methods.jsp

The HCUP 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).  Visit the HCUP User Support Web site at: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov