- federal / state / industry partnership sponsored by AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality)
- maintained by the Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets (CDOM) within AHRQ
Data Sources:
- State data organizations, hospital associations, private data organizations, & US Government
The Data:
- largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States
- all-payer, encounter-level information - beginning 1988
= cost and quality of health services,
= medical practice patterns,
= access to health care programs, and
= outcomes of treatments at the national, State, and local market levels