HCUP 2009 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) Release

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Subject: HCUP 2009 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) Release

Announcing the New 2009 HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS)   The largest national, all-payer emergency department (ED) database in the United States   The database includes information on all visits to the ED, regardless of payer â€" including persons covered by Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and the uninsured.   The NEDS is nationally representative Data in the NEDS can be weighted to provide national estimates. The 2009 NEDS includes: Nearly 29 million records weighted to represent approximately 130 million discharges More than 950 hospital-based EDs  Data sampled from 29 states that approximates a 20-percent statified sample of U.S. hospital-based EDs The NEDS is comprehensive The NEDS can be used to study a variety of topics: ED visits for both common and rare conditions Use of and charges for ED services Differences between treat-and-release visits and those resulting in hospital admission Quality of ED care Access to care Use of health services by special populations   The NEDS data elements include: Principal/primary and secondary ICD-9-CM diagnoses Principal/primary and secondary ICD-9-CM and CPT-4 procedures Discharge status       Expected payer, including uninsured Total ED charges (for treat-and-release ED visits) and total inpatient hospital charges (for ED visits that result in admission) Hospital characteristics (e.g., trauma level, teaching status) The NEDS is user friendly and easy to purchase The NEDS is affordable and easy to purchase from the HCUP Central Distributor through a simple application process. The 2009 NEDS is provided on CD in ASCII format. A statistical software package (such as SAS, SPSS, or Stata) is recommended for analysis. Programs to load data into software packages are provided.   Price: $500 ($75 for students)   The NEDS can be purchased through the HCUP Central Distributor.   Many statistical tables from the NEDS can be accessed for free on HCUPnet. Additional information is available on the HCUP-US Website.   You are subscribed to HCUP Mailing List for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This information has recently been updated, and is now available.     If you have any questions or problems with the subscription service, E-mail: updates@subscriptions.ahrq.gov. For other inquiries, Contact Us.   Update your subscriptions, modify your password or E-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page.   This service is provided to you at no charge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This email was sent to guyperea@live.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) · 540 Gaither Road · Rockville, MD 20850 · 301-427-1364