212736 HCUP State Databases

Saturday, November 7, 2009: 9:35 AM

Taressa Fraze, PhD , Thomson Reuters, Santa Barbara, CA
Faculty will provide detailed information on the three HCUP state-level databases: the State Inpatient Databases (SID), State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) and the State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD). The purpose, file structure, research applications, and benefits/limitations of each database will be discussed. Current research uses of the databases will be presented.

Learning Objectives:
Describe the three main HCUP state-level databases. Explain the purposes, file structure, and uses of the databases.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a research manager with Thomson Reuters on the HCUP project. I regularly work with HCUP data and have presented about the data in the past.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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