September 15 HCUP Data Users' Workshop in Rockville, MD - Registration Closes Today
Reminder: Register for September 15 Full-Day HCUP Data Users’ Workshop, at AHRQ Headquarters. Registration Ends Today.
Registration information is available on the HCUP User Support Website. There is no charge to attend. If you have questions, please contact HCUP User Support at hcup@ahrq.gov.
HCUP Data Users’ Workshop
AHRQ offers a one-day course for health services researchers on the use of HCUP databases and software tools on Thursday, September 15, from 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. at AHRQ Headquarters in Rockville, MD.
The instructor-led workshop is oriented toward intermediate-level data users and/or people who are already familiar with HCUP. Prior experience with HCUP databases or prior attendance at HCUP overview presentations or taking the online course is encouraged. Computers will be provided and programming examples will be presented in SAS. There will be a specific focus on conducting revisit analyses using HCUP State databases.
Registration closes September 6, or sooner if capacity is reached. Click here for more information and to register.
About HCUP:
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is a family of health care databases, software tools, research publications, and support services created through a Federal-State-Industry partnership and sponsored by AHRQ. HCUP is the largest collection of publicly available, multi-year hospital care (inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department) data in the United States, with all-payer, encounter-level information beginning in 1988. HCUP databases and tools enable research on a broad range of health research and policy issues at the national, state, and local market levels, including cost and quality of health services, medical practice patterns, access to health care, and outcomes of treatments.
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