New HCUP Database! 2016 Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS) Released

New HCUP Database! 2016 Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS) Released

New HCUP 2016 Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS) Released

   The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) announces the release of a new nationwide

database, the Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS). The NASS is the largest all-payer database of ambulatory surgery encounters in the United States.

Constructed from the State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD), the 2016 NASS tracks information about ambulatory surgery encounters in hospital-owned facilities across the country and provides information on patient characteristics, clinical diagnostic and surgical procedure codes, total charges and expected source of payment, and facility characteristics.

The HCUP databases, including the NASS, are available for purchase through the HCUP Central Distributor. Applications are available at: https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp.

The HCUP family of healthcare 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 Website at: www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp.