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Data Sources Available from AHRQ

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers robust data sources that may interest you if you're a researcher, clinician, purchaser, policymaker, or consumer. The following page is intended to assist you in understanding these sources and to get you to the data you seek.

If You Need Data On	Use This Data Source
Accessibility of care	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/ MEPSnet Query Tools http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/meps_query.jsp
Ambulatory surgeries	Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/sasdoverview.jsp HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
Emergency department visits	Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Data: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nedsoverview.jsp State Data: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/seddoverview.jsp HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/ HCUP Statistical Brief: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/sb_emergency.jsp
Health care disparities	National Healthcare Disparities Report http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm
Health care quality	National Healthcare Quality Report http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10.htm State Snapshots http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps10/index.jsp
Health care spending	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/ MEPSnet Query Tools http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/meps_query.jsp
Health care use	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/ MEPSnet Query Tools http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/meps_query.jsp
Health information data element definitions, values and information models	United States Health Information Knowledgebase http://ushik.ahrq.gov/
Hospitalizations	Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/databases.jsp HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
By payer	Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/databases.jsp HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
By States	Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/databases.jsp HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
For children	Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/databases.jsp HCUPnet http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/
State-specific health care quality information (strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement)	State Snapshots http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/snaps10/index.jsp
Study data extracted for systematic reviews	Systematic Review Data Repository™

Current as of July 2012

Internet Citation:

Data Sources Available from AHRQ. Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/data/dataresources.htm