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  1. POPULATION DENOMINATOR DATA FOR USE WITH THE HCUP DATABASES (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2016-04.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … Nielsen uses intra-census methods to estimate household and demographic statistics for geographic areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … On-going Data System Home Page: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/ Health Professional Shortage Areas … The ten topical areas include: access to care, cost and affordability, coverage, health information

  2. POPULATION DENOMINATOR DATA FOR USE WITH THE HCUP DATABASES (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2018-03.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … Nielsen uses intra-census methods to estimate household and demographic statistics for geographic areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … On-going Data System Home Page: www.hrsa.gov/index.html Health Professional Shortage Areas … The ten topical areas include: access to care, cost and affordability, coverage, health information

  3. CCR CD-SID User Guide 2001-2018 v2 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/ccr/ip-ccr/CCR-CD-SID-UserGuide-2001-2018-v2.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - All rural areas in each state are combined for a single wage index. … The Geographic Adjustment Factor is a capital cost adjustment index for Core Based Statistical Areas … Group average all-payer inpatient CCR GAF Capital cost adjustment index for Core Based Statistical Areas

  4. Casestudy Qdranalysis04072017 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/CaseStudy_QDRanalysis04072017.pdf
    April 07, 2017 - Quality and Disparities Report (QDR) measures and tracks trends in quality and disparities in seven key areas

  5. Most Frequent Reasons for Emergency Department Visits, 2018 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb286-ED-Frequent-Conditions-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - females, those aged 65 years and older, individuals residing in the lowest income communities or rural areas … The rate of ED visits was higher in rural areas than in large metropolitan areas (534 vs. 403 per 1,000 … proportion of ED visits among individuals who were older and who resided in higher income or metropolitan areas … communities vs. 12.7 percent for the lowest income communities)  Residents in metropolitan versus rural areas … (14.8 percent for large metropolitan areas vs. 11.2 percent for rural areas)  Hospitals located

  6. Changes in Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Deaths for Adults Aged 65 Years and Older in the Initial Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic (April–December 2020), 29 States (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb293-COVID-19-OverAge65Hosptl.pdf
    July 19, 2021 - percent).1 With the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in 2020, hospital utilization changed considerably, as areas … April–December 2016–2019 for patients living in large metropolitan (metro), medium/small metro, and rural areas … and 32.1 percent among hospitalizations for patients from large metro, medium/small metro, and rural areas … 35.7 percent) of in-hospital deaths among patients aged 65 years and older residing in large metro areas

  7. Most Frequent Principal Diagnoses for Inpatient Stays in U.S. Hospitals, 2018 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb277-Top-Reasons-Hospital-Stays-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - most common principal diagnoses, the rate of stays per 100,000 population was highest in rural areas … diagnoses, mean length of stay and mean cost per stay were highest in large central metropolitan areas … Rural areas had the highest rate of stays for septicemia, heart failure, osteoarthritis, pneumonia, and … In the case of pneumonia, the rate in rural areas was twice the rate in large central metropolitan areas … compared with 6.6 days and $16,600 in rural areas.

  8. Hospital Market Structure Files

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/hms/hms.jsp
    March 01, 2022 - utilized in sophisticated algorithms based on the four most common ways of defining hospital market areas

  9. Characteristics of 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions, 2016–2020 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb304-readmissions-2016-2020.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - readmission rate by location was consistently highest for patients living in large central metropolitan areas … but lowest for patients in rural areas (14.8 and 13.0 per 100 index admissions in 2016–2019, and 14.6 … 2020, the number of readmissions decreased by 14.6 percent for patients in large central metropolitan areas … and by 11.7 percent for patients in rural areas

  10. Statistical Brief #122: Septicemia in U.S. Hospitals, 2009 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb122.pdf
    October 01, 2011 - similar to the trend among all other hospital stays. 8 Persons residing in non-metropolitan areas … were more likely to be hospitalized for septicemia than were those residing in small metro areas (580 … Persons from non-metropolitan areas were also more likely to be hospitalized for non-septicemia related … with a population of 1 million or greater  Small Metro Area: Counties in metropolitan areas of 50,000 … –999,999 population  Non-metro Area: All counties that are not classified as large or small metro areas

  11. Statistical Brief #122

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb122.jsp
    October 01, 2011 - Persons residing in non-metropolitan areas were more likely to be hospitalized for septicemia than were … those residing in small metro areas (580 stays versus 470 stays per 100,000 population). … Persons from non-metropolitan areas were also more likely to be hospitalized for non-septicemia related … with a population of 1 million or greater Small Metro Area: Counties in metropolitan areas of 50,000 … –999,999 population Non-metro Area: All counties that are not classified as large or small metro areas

  12. Delivery Hospitalizations Involving Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, 2005-2014 #222

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb222-Preeclampsia-Eclampsia-Delivery-Trends.jsp
    April 01, 2017 - In addition, preeclampsia/eclampsia was more common among women who resided in the poorest areas (31.9 … The rate of preeclampsia/eclampsia was highest among women who resided in the poorest areas, but the … rate rose more among those from the wealthiest areas. … The rate of preeclampsia/eclampsia was highest among women who resided in nonmetropolitan areas, but … the rate rose more among those from metropolitan areas.

  13. Delivery Hospitalizations Involving Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, 2005-2014 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb222-Preeclampsia-Eclampsia-Delivery-Trends.pdf
    December 01, 2016 - In addition, preeclampsia/eclampsia was more common among women who resided in the poorest areas (31.9 … ■ The rate of preeclampsia/eclampsia was highest among women who resided in the poorest areas, … but the rate rose more among those from the wealthiest areas. … , but the rate rose more among those from metropolitan areas. … with at least 1 million residents • Small metropolitan areas with less than 1 million residents •

  14. POPULATION DENOMINATOR DATA FOR USE WITH THE HCUP DATABASES (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports//methods/2014-02.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … Nielsen uses intercensal methods to estimate household and demographic statistics for geographic areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … On-going Data System Home Page: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/ Health Professional Shortage Areas … The ten topical areas include: access to care, cost and affordability, coverage, health information

  15. Methods – Applying HCUP Quality Indicators (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2013_01.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … Nielsen uses intra-census methods to estimate household and demographic statistics for geographic areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … On-going Data System Home Page: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/ Health Professional Shortage Areas … The ten topical areas include: access to care, cost and affordability, coverage, health information

  16. POPULATION DENOMINATOR DATA FOR USE WITH THE HCUP DATABASES (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2014-02.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … Nielsen uses intercensal methods to estimate household and demographic statistics for geographic areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … On-going Data System Home Page: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/ Health Professional Shortage Areas … The ten topical areas include: access to care, cost and affordability, coverage, health information

  17. Statistical Brief #125

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb125.jsp
    February 01, 2012 - hospitalization rates among patients residing in higher and lower income communities, rural and urban areas … b The rate of all other non-maternal stays in medium and small metro areas is significantly different … than in rural areas at p < 0.05. … Center for Health Statistics: Large Central Metropolitan : Central counties of metropolitan areas … of 1 million or greater Large Fringe Metropolitan : Fringe counties of counties of metropolitan areas

  18. Neds 2017 Hospital Maskedstats (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2017_Hospital_MaskedStats.PDF
    January 01, 2017 - 2019 8 Frequency Distribution for HOSP_URCAT4 HOSP_URCAT4 Frequency Percent 1: Large metropolitan areas … with at least 1 million residents 319 32.42 2: Small metropolitan areas with less than 1 million residents … 270 27.44 3: Micropolitan areas 135 13.72 4: Not metropolitan or micropolitan 220 22.36 8: Metropolitan … areas (1 or 2) 12 1.22 9: Non metropolitan areas (3 or 4) 28 2.85 please refer to the section on

  19. Neds 2007 Maskedstats Hospital (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2007_MaskedStats_Hospital.PDF
    January 01, 2007 - 2009 8 Frequency Distribution for HOSP_URCAT4 HOSP_URCAT4 Frequency Percent 1: Large metropolitan areas … with at least 1 million residents 296 30.64 2: Small metropolitan areas with less than 1 million residents … 226 23.40 3: Micropolitan areas 154 15.94 4: Not metropolitan or micropolitan 232 24.02 8: Metropolitan … areas (1 or 2) 49 5.07 9: Non metropolitan areas (3 or 4) <= 10 *.** please refer to the section

  20. Neds 2010 Maskedstats Hospital (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2010_MaskedStats_Hospital.PDF
    January 01, 2010 - 2012 8 Frequency Distribution for HOSP_URCAT4 HOSP_URCAT4 Frequency Percent 1: Large metropolitan areas … with at least 1 million residents 308 32.05 2: Small metropolitan areas with less than 1 million residents … 240 24.97 3: Micropolitan areas 153 15.92 4: Not metropolitan or micropolitan 234 24.35 8: Metropolitan … areas (1 or 2) 20 2.08 9: Non metropolitan areas (3 or 4) <= 10 *.** please refer to the section
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