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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
The HCUP (pronounced "H-CUP") 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).
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This Web site is designed to answer HCUP-related questions; provide detailed information on HCUP databases, tools, and products; and offer technical assistance to HCUP users.

What is HCUP?
HCUP Products
  • HCUP Databases include the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States.
  • HCUPnet provides free, immediate access to national, regional, and State-level hospital inpatient statistics based on HCUP data.
  • HCUP Tools & Software help health services researchers and decision makers to use HCUP and other similar databases.
  • HCUP Reports feature new findings, publications, research notes based on HCUP data, and technical reports about HCUP issues.
HCUP Services
What's New
 
HCUP Article of the Year Awards (2/28/13)
New Studies added to the Research Spotlights (2/11/13)
The Winter 2012 quarterly HCUP eNews has been released (12/10/12)
Now Available: the 2010 NEDS (12/10/12)
New Methods Series Report (12/20/12)
New HCUP Statistical Briefs #148 and #149 (2/12/13)
 


Tell us how your research with HCUP may have affected health outcomes or policy
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Additional information is available on the AHRQ Web site. If you have comments, suggestions, and/or questions, please contact hcup@ahrq.gov.

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Internet Citation: HCUP Home. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). February 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/home.jsp.
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Last modified 2/28/13