Pennsylvania Bulletin

PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 02-225

NOTICES

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL

Special Reports and Request for Data

[32 Pa.B. 843]

The Health Care Cost Containment Council (Council), according to Act 89 as amended by Act 34, is required to publish a list of all special reports and data that have been prepared during the previous calendar year. The following represents a summary of the reports and requests for data generated by the Council in calendar year 2001. Questions about procedures for obtaining access to Council data should be addressed to Jill Wiest, Special Requests Unit, Health Care Cost Containment Council, 225 Market Street, Suite 400, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 232-6786, www.phc4.org.

MARC P. VOLAVKA,
Executive Director

PA Health Care Cost Containment Council--2001 PA Bulletin Listing of Data Releases

Applicant Project Description

Agency for Health Care Policy & Research A custom Statewide 1999 ambulatory procedure data set to be used for research purposes in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).

Agency for Health Care Policy & Research A custom Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for research purposes in the HCUP.

Allegheny Healthchoices, Inc. A custom 1999 and 1st quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data set of psychiatric patients in Region 1 and facility profile and revenue code data to be used for internal reporting, analysis and trending.

Altoona Hospital A custom report of 2000 inpatient CABG statistics to be used for internal purposes.

AmeriNet Central A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

Ashland Regional Medical Center A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by Zip code to be used for strategic planning.

Beaver County Times A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by facility to be used as research for an upcoming Beaver County Times Newspaper story on people using area hospitals.

Capital Blue Cross A custom financial data set of 2000, 1999, 1998 and 1997 data for select hospitals in select regions to be used in monitoring or developing agreements with hospitals within the Capitol Blue Cross region.

Cardinal Information Corporation A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

Chestnut Hill Hospital A custom report of 4th quarter 1999 through 3rd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data for seven facilities to be used for internal planning.

Chestnut Hill Hospital A custom report using 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by Zip code and identified procedures for specific facilities to be used for internal program planning and analysis.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A custom 1991--1999 inpatient discharge data set by ICD-9 codes for injury to be used to determine the variation in operative management in children with solid organ injury by hospital type in Pennsylvania.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia This is an amendment to 99-070 requesting additional 1996, 1997 and 1998 inpatient discharge linkage data elements to be used to calculate the daily pediatric census at each hospital.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for patients less than 19 years of age and select diagnoses of injuries to be used to determine the variation in operative management in children with solid organ injury.

CHS Berwick Hospital Center A custom 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set by county and Zip code to be used for a market share study.

Cooper Health System A standard 1999 and 2000 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for research.

Easton Hospital A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set by specific Zip codes excluding Easton Hospital, and all discharges from Easton Hospital regardless of Zip code to be used for internal market share analysis and strategic market planning.

Epstein, Becker & Green A standard Statewide 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set, and all of 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 ambulatory procedure data for regions 4, 5, and 6 to be used for analysis for pending litigation.

Frankford Hospital A custom report using 1996 and 2nd quarter 2000 through 1st quarter 2001 inpatient data by select DRGs and facilities to be used in market share analysis.

Fred Hyde & Associates, Inc. A custom 1989, 1994, 1999 inpatient discharge data set by Zip code to be used for consulting purposes.

Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital A standard 1997 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set for Regions 6 and 7 to be used to perform a market analysis for strategic planning purposes.

Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Region 6 and 7 to be used for market share study.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital A standard 4th quarter 1999 and 1st quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data set for several facilities to be used for internal market research.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital A standard inpatient discharge data set for the 2nd through 4th quarters 2000 for Region 7 and select facilities to be used for internal planning purposes.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital A custom 2000 financial data set for specific facilities to be used for internal analysis.

Greater Hazleton Area Health Alliance A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by specific DRGs, displayed by ICD-9 code and Zip code to be used in recruiting a neurosurgeon to the Hazleton area.

Green County Memorial Hospital A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarters 1999, and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by select Zip codes and procedures to be used to determine where patients are going for cardiac catheterizations and feasibility of starting a hospital cardiac catheterization unit.

High Associates, Inc. A report of hospitals that have closed from 1990 to present to be used for consulting purposes.

Hospital & Healthsystem Association of PA A standard Statewide 2000 financial data set to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that HAP currently collects on a voluntary basis from member hospitals to be used to model the potential effect of policy changes and to support HAP's representation and advocacy initiatives in support of member hospitals and the communities they serve.

Joint State Government Commission A custom 1992 through 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for stroke and nonheart vascular disorders and operations to be used in analysis of stroke prevention.

Laura Jansen A custom report of 1998, 1999, and 2000 inpatient discharge data for select ICD-9-CM codes to be used to conduct a needs assessment of Pennsylvania chronically ill children to determine the feasibility of a residential summer camp for chronically ill kids.

Legislative Budget and Finance Committee A standard Statewide 1996 through 1999 financial data set to be used to perform an economic study of Medical Assistance hospital payment levels in response to House Resolution 586.

Lehigh Valley Hospital A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for internal market and clinical research.

Lewistown Hospital A custom 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 financial data set by specific facility to be used to assess a recent decline in business.

Memorial Hospital of York A custom report of 2000 inpatient discharge data for Region 5 by specific procedure and diagnoses codes to be used to compare rates with other hospitals.

Milliman & Robertson, Inc. A standard Statewide 1999 inpatient discharge data set to be used to produce the Hospital Efficiency Index Analysis browser and in the development of the Health Cost Guidelines and Volume I of the Healthcare Management Guidelines.

Milliman USA A standard Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a commercial software product.

New Solutions, Inc. A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set of all patients from New Jersey receiving care in Pennsylvania to be used in a commercial software product and for consulting purposes.

New Solutions, Inc. A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set of all New Jersey patients receiving care in Pennsylvania hospitals to be used for consulting purposes.

Nexus Associates, Inc. A standard 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to analyze the potential effects of power outages on hospital revenues.

North Philadelphia Health System A standard 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Region 9 to perform comparisons between facilities.

OxyHeal Health Group A custom 3rd, 4th quarters 1998 and 1st, 2nd quarters 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set of Region 1, by specific ICD-9 codes to be used to determine the feasibility of the establishment of a hyperbaric treatment chamber in Pittsburgh.

PA Department of Aging/PACE A custom 1999 data set of PACE enrollee admissions to Pennsylvania hospitals to be used for the Polypharmacy Study, the Medication Safety Project and the Prescribing Practices Project.

PA Department of Health A custom 1997, 1998, 1999 inpatient discharge data set for select counties and select DRGs to be used to develop the ambulatory case sensitivity index and pediatric ambulatory care sensitivity index for each county.

PA Department of Health A custom 2000-2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for creating a Commonwealth birth defect registry.

PA Department of Health A custom report of 1996 through 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data to be used to identify reimbursement sources associated with the hospitalization charges published in the Council's Issue Brief--Breast Cancer Surgery Facts and Figures--1996-1999.

PA Department of Health A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set to be used to improve the ability of health officials and injury prevention practitioners to use injury morbidity data for planning and evaluation of programs and policies.

PA Department of Health A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set of hip fracture hospitalizations to be used for the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP).

PA Department of Health A custom 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data set of sample records from each hospital to be used in the DOH licensing and quality assurance process.

PA Department of Health A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarters 2000 data set of asthma admissions to be used as a component in the development of an asthma surveillance model and to respond to requests for aggregate data at the local or State level.

PA Department of Health Standard Statewide 1999 inpatient discharge data to be used for the CODES Project.

PA Department of Health A custom 1997, 1998 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set by ICD-9 code on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions and race/ethnicity groups. The data is to be used for a special report on minority health as part of the DOH SHIP process.

PA Department of Health A custom 1997, 1998 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set by ICD-9 code and race/ethnicity to analyze cases hospitalized for conditions which might be treated by a CABG and actually receive the procedure. The data is to be used for a special report on minority health as part of the DOH SHIP process.

PA Department of Health Custom 1999 inpatient discharge data of MDC 14 and all newborn and infants less than 1 year of age at admission to be used to provide a baseline assessment of perinatal care in Pennsylvania.

PA Department of Health A request for a custom 1996 through 2000 inpatient discharge report of select ICD-9-CM codes to be used as part of a series of DOH web pages.

PA Department of Health Custom 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data to be used to profile discharge patterns to develop and evaluate algorithms for sampling discharges, to be used by the DOH Div. of Acute and Ambulatory Care to carry out its quality assurance and licensing functions.

PA Department of Health A request for a Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES).

PA Department of Public Welfare A custom 2000 financial data set of net patient revenue by payor and uncompensated care broken down by bad debt expenses and charity care costs to be used for the tobacco settlement legislation.

PA Department of Public Welfare A custom FY 1999-2000 and FY 2000-2001 inpatient discharge data set of DRG and claims data for all hospitals to be used as part of the tobacco settlement legislation.

PA Department of the Auditor General Custom report of 1999 inpatient and ambulatory data broken down by Zip code to be used for research on surgical treatment of breast cancer.

PA Office of the Attorney General Standard Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge data to be used to analyze the effect of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center merger with Children's Hospital and other hospital mergers which will occur over the next year.

Pennsylvania State Data Center A custom 1999 financial data set to be used in the 2001 Pennsylvania Abstract.

Pitts Management Associates, Inc. A custom 1998 through 2000 inpatient discharge data set by specific facility broken down by county and ICD-9 codes to be used for consulting.

Rural Health Consultants A request for a standard 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for two specific facilities to be used by a consultant.

Solucient A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data to be used in a commercial software product.

South Hills Health System Standard 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data for region 1 to be used for a market share study.

Southern Chester County Medical Center A custom 3rd/4th quarter 1999 and 1st/2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for Chester County. Data to be used to analyze market share and ascertain where Chester County residents are receiving care.

Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation A custom report using 1999 inpatient discharge data for New Jersey residents, by county, receiving open heart procedures in Pennsylvania. The client will use the report to determine the total use rate of open-heart procedures for New Jersey residents, outmigration and help predict future trends.

Teamster Local 773 A 4th Qtr 2000 Inpatient Statewide market share report to compare hospitals for a health care fund being set up for union participants.

The MEDSTAT Group A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

The Philadelphia Inquirer A standard 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used as research for a story to published.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Philadelphia residents admitted with asthma to be used for a research project.

Tyler Memorial Hospital A custom report of 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data for select Zip codes to be used for a market share study.

University of Pittsburgh A custom data set of 1999 heart failure admissions with a calculated field for the number of days between the initial admission and subsequent admissions. This data is to be used in a study to develop a severity of illness rule.

University of Pittsburgh A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a classroom situation as a teaching tool for the health information management students at the University of Pittsburgh to learn how to manipulate and analyze health data.

University of Pittsburgh A custom 1995 through 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Region 1 to be used to explore the association of various air pollutants with the exacerbation of cardio respiratory disease.

University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Emergency A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set by select ICD-9 code, matched and appended to select Atlas^TM data elements to be used for research.

US Environmental Protection Agency A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set of all ICD-9 codes 390-519 as the primary diagnosis for Region 9 to be used as part of its risk analysis in support of the review of the national ambient air quality standards.

Warren County Health Department A custom 1996, 1997 and 1998 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set by select Zip codes to be used to identify top health status indicators and assess health promotion needs as well as health education programs and public health services in Warren County, New Jersey.

Warren General Hospital A custom report of 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by MDC for Warren County to assess market share and develop a marketing plan for FY 2002.

West Virginia Health Care Authority A custom 1997--1999 inpatient discharge data set of all patients from West Virginia receiving care in Pennsylvania to be used to analyze West Virginia residents going out-of-State for health care.

West Virginia United Health System A custom report of 1998, 1999 and 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data of West Virginia Residents to be used for market analysis.

West Virginia University A custom data set of 4th quarter 1997 through 3rd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data for West Virginia residents to be used for strategic planning purposes.

William M. Mercer, Inc. A standard 1996 through 2000 inpatient discharge and financial data set for 3 facilities to be used for consulting purposes.

ZA Consulting A custom report of 1999 and 1st quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data by DRGs sorted by Zip code and age, for 4 hospitals in Pennsylvania to be used for consulting services to evaluate the Sharon Medical Center Behavioral Health Services Department and make recommendations of ways to improve service both operationally and fiscally.

ZA Consulting A standard 2000 inpatient data set for Abington Memorial Hospital to be used for consulting purposes.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-225. Filed for public inspection February 8, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]

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Applicant	Project Description
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research	A custom Statewide 1999 ambulatory procedure data set to be used for research purposes in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research	A custom Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for research purposes in the HCUP.
Allegheny Healthchoices, Inc.	A custom 1999 and 1st quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data set of psychiatric patients in Region 1 and facility profile and revenue code data to be used for internal reporting, analysis and trending.
Altoona Hospital	A custom report of 2000 inpatient CABG statistics to be used for internal purposes.
AmeriNet Central	A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Ashland Regional Medical Center	A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by Zip code to be used for strategic planning.
Beaver County Times	A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by facility to be used as research for an upcoming Beaver County Times Newspaper story on people using area hospitals.
Capital Blue Cross	A custom financial data set of 2000, 1999, 1998 and 1997 data for select hospitals in select regions to be used in monitoring or developing agreements with hospitals within the Capitol Blue Cross region.
Cardinal Information Corporation	A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Chestnut Hill Hospital	A custom report of 4th quarter 1999 through 3rd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data for seven facilities to be used for internal planning.
Chestnut Hill Hospital	A custom report using 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by Zip code and identified procedures for specific facilities to be used for internal program planning and analysis.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	A custom 1991--1999 inpatient discharge data set by ICD-9 codes for injury to be used to determine the variation in operative management in children with solid organ injury by hospital type in Pennsylvania.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	This is an amendment to 99-070 requesting additional 1996, 1997 and 1998 inpatient discharge linkage data elements to be used to calculate the daily pediatric census at each hospital.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for patients less than 19 years of age and select diagnoses of injuries to be used to determine the variation in operative management in children with solid organ injury.
CHS Berwick Hospital Center	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set by county and Zip code to be used for a market share study.
Cooper Health System	A standard 1999 and 2000 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for research.
Easton Hospital	A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set by specific Zip codes excluding Easton Hospital, and all discharges from Easton Hospital regardless of Zip code to be used for internal market share analysis and strategic market planning.
Epstein, Becker & Green	A standard Statewide 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set, and all of 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 ambulatory procedure data for regions 4, 5, and 6 to be used for analysis for pending litigation.
Frankford Hospital	A custom report using 1996 and 2nd quarter 2000 through 1st quarter 2001 inpatient data by select DRGs and facilities to be used in market share analysis.
Fred Hyde & Associates, Inc.	A custom 1989, 1994, 1999 inpatient discharge data set by Zip code to be used for consulting purposes.
Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital	A standard 1997 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set for Regions 6 and 7 to be used to perform a market analysis for strategic planning purposes.
Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital	A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Region 6 and 7 to be used for market share study.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital	A standard 4th quarter 1999 and 1st quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data set for several facilities to be used for internal market research.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital	A standard inpatient discharge data set for the 2nd through 4th quarters 2000 for Region 7 and select facilities to be used for internal planning purposes.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital	A custom 2000 financial data set for specific facilities to be used for internal analysis.
Greater Hazleton Area Health Alliance	A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarter 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by specific DRGs, displayed by ICD-9 code and Zip code to be used in recruiting a neurosurgeon to the Hazleton area.
Green County Memorial Hospital	A custom report of 3rd and 4th quarters 1999, and 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by select Zip codes and procedures to be used to determine where patients are going for cardiac catheterizations and feasibility of starting a hospital cardiac catheterization unit.
High Associates, Inc.	A report of hospitals that have closed from 1990 to present to be used for consulting purposes.
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of PA	A standard Statewide 2000 financial data set to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that HAP currently collects on a voluntary basis from member hospitals to be used to model the potential effect of policy changes and to support HAP's representation and advocacy initiatives in support of member hospitals and the communities they serve.
Joint State Government Commission	A custom 1992 through 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for stroke and nonheart vascular disorders and operations to be used in analysis of stroke prevention.
Laura Jansen	A custom report of 1998, 1999, and 2000 inpatient discharge data for select ICD-9-CM codes to be used to conduct a needs assessment of Pennsylvania chronically ill children to determine the feasibility of a residential summer camp for chronically ill kids.
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee	A standard Statewide 1996 through 1999 financial data set to be used to perform an economic study of Medical Assistance hospital payment levels in response to House Resolution 586.
Lehigh Valley Hospital	A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for internal market and clinical research.
Lewistown Hospital	A custom 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 financial data set by specific facility to be used to assess a recent decline in business.
Memorial Hospital of York	A custom report of 2000 inpatient discharge data for Region 5 by specific procedure and diagnoses codes to be used to compare rates with other hospitals.
Milliman & Robertson, Inc.	A standard Statewide 1999 inpatient discharge data set to be used to produce the Hospital Efficiency Index Analysis browser and in the development of the Health Cost Guidelines and Volume I of the Healthcare Management Guidelines.
Milliman USA	A standard Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a commercial software product.
New Solutions, Inc.	A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set of all patients from New Jersey receiving care in Pennsylvania to be used in a commercial software product and for consulting purposes.
New Solutions, Inc.	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set of all New Jersey patients receiving care in Pennsylvania hospitals to be used for consulting purposes.
Nexus Associates, Inc.	A standard 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to analyze the potential effects of power outages on hospital revenues.
North Philadelphia Health System	A standard 1st and 2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Region 9 to perform comparisons between facilities.
OxyHeal Health Group	A custom 3rd, 4th quarters 1998 and 1st, 2nd quarters 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set of Region 1, by specific ICD-9 codes to be used to determine the feasibility of the establishment of a hyperbaric treatment chamber in Pittsburgh.
PA Department of Aging/PACE	A custom 1999 data set of PACE enrollee admissions to Pennsylvania hospitals to be used for the Polypharmacy Study, the Medication Safety Project and the Prescribing Practices Project.
PA Department of Health	A custom 1997, 1998, 1999 inpatient discharge data set for select counties and select DRGs to be used to develop the ambulatory case sensitivity index and pediatric ambulatory care sensitivity index for each county.
PA Department of Health	A custom 2000-2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for creating a Commonwealth birth defect registry.
PA Department of Health	A custom report of 1996 through 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data to be used to identify reimbursement sources associated with the hospitalization charges published in the Council's Issue Brief--Breast Cancer Surgery Facts and Figures--1996-1999.
PA Department of Health	A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set to be used to improve the ability of health officials and injury prevention practitioners to use injury morbidity data for planning and evaluation of programs and policies.
PA Department of Health	A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set of hip fracture hospitalizations to be used for the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP).
PA Department of Health	A custom 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data set of sample records from each hospital to be used in the DOH licensing and quality assurance process.
PA Department of Health	A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1999 and 1st and 2nd quarters 2000 data set of asthma admissions to be used as a component in the development of an asthma surveillance model and to respond to requests for aggregate data at the local or State level.
PA Department of Health	Standard Statewide 1999 inpatient discharge data to be used for the CODES Project.
PA Department of Health	A custom 1997, 1998 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set by ICD-9 code on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions and race/ethnicity groups. The data is to be used for a special report on minority health as part of the DOH SHIP process.
PA Department of Health	A custom 1997, 1998 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set by ICD-9 code and race/ethnicity to analyze cases hospitalized for conditions which might be treated by a CABG and actually receive the procedure. The data is to be used for a special report on minority health as part of the DOH SHIP process.
PA Department of Health	Custom 1999 inpatient discharge data of MDC 14 and all newborn and infants less than 1 year of age at admission to be used to provide a baseline assessment of perinatal care in Pennsylvania.
PA Department of Health	A request for a custom 1996 through 2000 inpatient discharge report of select ICD-9-CM codes to be used as part of a series of DOH web pages.
PA Department of Health	Custom 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data to be used to profile discharge patterns to develop and evaluate algorithms for sampling discharges, to be used by the DOH Div. of Acute and Ambulatory Care to carry out its quality assurance and licensing functions.
PA Department of Health	A request for a Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES).
PA Department of Public Welfare	A custom 2000 financial data set of net patient revenue by payor and uncompensated care broken down by bad debt expenses and charity care costs to be used for the tobacco settlement legislation.
PA Department of Public Welfare	A custom FY 1999-2000 and FY 2000-2001 inpatient discharge data set of DRG and claims data for all hospitals to be used as part of the tobacco settlement legislation.
PA Department of the Auditor General	Custom report of 1999 inpatient and ambulatory data broken down by Zip code to be used for research on surgical treatment of breast cancer.
PA Office of the Attorney General	Standard Statewide 2000 inpatient discharge data to be used to analyze the effect of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center merger with Children's Hospital and other hospital mergers which will occur over the next year.
Pennsylvania State Data Center	A custom 1999 financial data set to be used in the 2001 Pennsylvania Abstract.
Pitts Management Associates, Inc.	A custom 1998 through 2000 inpatient discharge data set by specific facility broken down by county and ICD-9 codes to be used for consulting.
Rural Health Consultants	A request for a standard 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for two specific facilities to be used by a consultant.
Solucient	A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data to be used in a commercial software product.
South Hills Health System	Standard 2nd through 4th quarter 2000, and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data for region 1 to be used for a market share study.
Southern Chester County Medical Center	A custom 3rd/4th quarter 1999 and 1st/2nd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for Chester County. Data to be used to analyze market share and ascertain where Chester County residents are receiving care.
Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation	A custom report using 1999 inpatient discharge data for New Jersey residents, by county, receiving open heart procedures in Pennsylvania. The client will use the report to determine the total use rate of open-heart procedures for New Jersey residents, outmigration and help predict future trends.
Teamster Local 773	A 4th Qtr 2000 Inpatient Statewide market share report to compare hospitals for a health care fund being set up for union participants.
The MEDSTAT Group	A standard Statewide 2nd through 4th quarter 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
The Philadelphia Inquirer	A standard 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used as research for a story to published.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Philadelphia residents admitted with asthma to be used for a research project.
Tyler Memorial Hospital	A custom report of 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data for select Zip codes to be used for a market share study.
University of Pittsburgh	A custom data set of 1999 heart failure admissions with a calculated field for the number of days between the initial admission and subsequent admissions. This data is to be used in a study to develop a severity of illness rule.
University of Pittsburgh	A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a classroom situation as a teaching tool for the health information management students at the University of Pittsburgh to learn how to manipulate and analyze health data.
University of Pittsburgh	A custom 1995 through 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Region 1 to be used to explore the association of various air pollutants with the exacerbation of cardio respiratory disease.
University of Pittsburgh, Dept of Emergency	A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set by select ICD-9 code, matched and appended to select Atlas^TM data elements to be used for research.
US Environmental Protection Agency	A custom 1999 inpatient discharge data set of all ICD-9 codes 390-519 as the primary diagnosis for Region 9 to be used as part of its risk analysis in support of the review of the national ambient air quality standards.
Warren County Health Department	A custom 1996, 1997 and 1998 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set by select Zip codes to be used to identify top health status indicators and assess health promotion needs as well as health education programs and public health services in Warren County, New Jersey.
Warren General Hospital	A custom report of 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data by MDC for Warren County to assess market share and develop a marketing plan for FY 2002.
West Virginia Health Care Authority	A custom 1997--1999 inpatient discharge data set of all patients from West Virginia receiving care in Pennsylvania to be used to analyze West Virginia residents going out-of-State for health care.
West Virginia United Health System	A custom report of 1998, 1999 and 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data of West Virginia Residents to be used for market analysis.
West Virginia University	A custom data set of 4th quarter 1997 through 3rd quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data for West Virginia residents to be used for strategic planning purposes.
William M. Mercer, Inc.	A standard 1996 through 2000 inpatient discharge and financial data set for 3 facilities to be used for consulting purposes.
ZA Consulting	A custom report of 1999 and 1st quarter 2000 inpatient discharge data by DRGs sorted by Zip code and age, for 4 hospitals in Pennsylvania to be used for consulting services to evaluate the Sharon Medical Center Behavioral Health Services Department and make recommendations of ways to improve service both operationally and fiscally.
ZA Consulting	A standard 2000 inpatient data set for Abington Memorial Hospital to be used for consulting purposes.