According to a notice published Jan. 5 in the Federal Register, the survey is “the principal source of data on inpatient utilization of short-stay, non-Federal hospitals and is the principal annual source of nationally representative estimates on the characteristics of discharges, lengths of stay, diagnoses, surgical and non-surgical procedures and patterns of use of care in hospitals in various regions of the country.”
CDC is seeking a new sample of 500 hospitals to participate in the survey by contributing data quarterly for three years. Data collected will include basic patient information such as demographics, personal identifiers, names, addresses, social security numbers, medical record numbers, diagnoses, admission and discharge dates and other characteristics. Facility-level data items include demographic information, clinical capabilities and financial information.
Read the Health Data Management report on the CDC survey.
Read more on hospital surveys:
–Press Ganey to Be Survey Administrator for AMGA’s ACO Collaborative
–CDC: Total Hospitalization Rate Leveling After 15 Years of Decline
