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HCUPnet Answers Your Hospital Questions

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has unveiled a new and expanded HCUPnet at www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm.   This is a free, interactive online service that enables users to get answers in seconds to questions about hospital use, patient outcomes, and hospital charges. AHRQ’s second-generation HCUPnet provides national and regional hospital statistics and, for the first time, enables users to obtain hospital statistics from specific states.  With this new feature, users will be able to compare data from individual states with the statistics of neighboring states, and with national and regional hospital data.  HCUPnet provides statistics from the following states so far: Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, and Washington.

For more information, please contact AHRQ Public Affairs at (301) 594-1364.