Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Data
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
The NBER has a current data use agreement with HCUP. The data in our collection is not a complete list of HCUP data. For a complete listing of HCUP data available from AHRQ please visit https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/.
NBER affiliated faculty may apply to reuse the data and may sponsor their students to use the data as detailed in the How to obtain access (for affiliates only):
Currently the NBER has the following HCUP Nationwide Databases:
- KID - Kids Inpatient Database: 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2012
- NEDS - Nationwide Emergency Department Database: 2006-2013
- NIS - Nationwide Inpatient Sample: 1988-2014
- NRD - Nationwide Readmissions Database: Only 2013
The NBER also has some years/states data for the following databases. Please see State - Year Available Datasets tab above