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The Next Revolution: The Role of Informatics in Improving Health Care

HCUPnet: Easy Access to Hospital Statistics On-Line

Slide Presentation by Anne Elixhauser, Ph.D. (Text Version)

On August 1, 2001, Anne Elixhauser, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), made a presentation during the Web-assisted teleconference, The Next Revolution: The Role of Informatics in Improving Health Care entitled "HCUPnet: Easy Access to Hospital Statistics On-Line."

This is the text version of Dr. Elixhauser's slide presentation. Select to access the PowerPoint® slides (293 KB).

Slide 1

HCUPnet Easy Access to Hospital Statistics On-Line

Anne Elixhauser, Ph.D.

Slide 2

What is HCUPnet?

  • National, regional, and State statistics.
  • Targeted to the non-researcher.
  • Protects patient confidentiality.
  • Quick.

Slide 3

What is HCUPnet?

  • Online, step-by-step query system.
  • Access to statistics about hospital care in the U.S.
  • User-friendly and free to all users.
  • Regular updates and enhancements.

Slide 4

How is HCUPnet used?

  • What are the most costly conditions?
  • What are national/regional averages?
  • How does my State compare?
  • What are outcomes for specific types of hospitals? Patients?

Slide 5

Welcome to HCUPnet

This slide displays the welcome screen for HCUPnet. It includes a description of the program, and a button to click to start HCUPnet.

Slide 6

HCUPnet—Database Selection

This slide features the page on the HCUPnet site that allows visitors to search and select databases. There are 5 tabs that visitors can click on: Instant Tables, National Statistics, Hospital Stays for Children Only, Trends, and State Statistics.

Slide 7

National Statistics

This slide displays the HCUPnet Web page that allows visitors to search national statistics for diagnoses or procedures. The text on the screen is as follows:

Which of the following are you interested in? [Select One]

  • Statistics on All Stays.
  • Diagnosis: [Select from Pull-down Menu].
  • Procedures: [Select from Pull-down Menu].

If you are choosing diagnoses or procedures, which would you like to do? [Select One]

  • Choose Specific Diagnoses or Procedures.
  • Rank Order Diagnoses or Procedures.

On the bottom of the screen there are navigation buttons that allow the visitor to go "back," "next," to "help," or "HCUPnet Home."

Slide 8

National Statistics

Single-Level CCS Procedure Category Selection

This slide displays another search option within the National Statistics database, the Single-Level Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) Procedure Category Selection, in which a visitor can select specific body systems.

Slide 9

National Statistics

Single-Level CCS Procedure Category Selection

This slide features a subsequent National Statistics page in which a visitor can search for procedure categories.

Slide 10

National Statistics

Outcomes and Procedures

This page allows visitors to search a specific procedure for information on Length of Stay, Total Charges, In-hospital deaths, Discharge Status, Aggregate Charges, and Number of Discharges.

Slide 11

National Statistics

Patient Characteristics

This slide displays the HCUPnet Web page that allows visitors to compare patient characteristics by Age, Sex, Primary Payer, and Income.

Slide 12

National Statistics

Hospital Characteristics

This slide features a picture of the HCUPnet Web page that allows visitors to compare Hospital Characteristics by Ownership, Teaching Status, Location, Bedsize and Region.

Slide 13

Results

This slide illustrates what the results of an HCUPnet search might look like. For example, for heart valve procedures, a table compares total number of discharges and in-hospital deaths among hospitals differentiated by owner and teaching status.

Slide 14

To access HCUPnet:

https://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm

For more information:

hcup@ahrq.gov

Current as of August 2001

Internet Citation:

Elixhauser, E. HCUPnet: Easy Access to Hospital Statistics On-Line. Slide Presentation (Text Version) presented at The Next Revolution: The Role of Informatics in Improving Health Care, Web-Assisted teleconference, August 1, 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/informat/elixhaustxt.htm

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