Pennsylvania Bulletin

PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-326

NOTICES

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL

Special Reports and Request for Data

[33 Pa.B. 1018]

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 2002. 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

Applicant Project Description

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality A custom Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge, ambulatory procedure and revenue code detail data set to be used in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

AmeriNet Central, Inc. A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

AmeriNet Central, Inc. A standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

Analysis Group, Inc. A standard Statewide 4th quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share report to be used for economic research and consulting.

Ashland Regional Medical Center A custom 2nd quarter 2001 through 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge report to be used for internal hospital research.

Auditor General's Department A custom financial data set for fiscal years ended 1997--2000 to be used to audit hospitals receiving extraordinary expense payments as part of the tobacco settlement.

Auditor General's Department A fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, inpatient discharge facility data set to be used to audit hospitals receiving extraordinary expense payments as part of the tobacco settlement.

Bayhealth Medical Center A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1999--2001 and 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge data set by Delaware residents to be used for internal use by the strategic planning department to determine market share.

Capital Blue Cross A custom 1998--2001 financial data set to be used to provide customers and Capital Blue Cross Board members with information about the financial condition of hospitals. The data will also be used to develop and monitor payment agreements with the hospitals within Capital Blue Cross's 21 county service area.

Cardinal Information Corporation A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a commercial software product.

Central Montgomery Medical Center A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report by hospital, DRG and MDC for select zip codes to be used for a market share study.

Childrens Hospital of Boston A standard 1995--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for two facilities to be used for internal analysis of the pediatric services market.

CHPS Consulting A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Bradford County to be used for an out-migration analysis.

Community Health Systems A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for internal strategic planning purposes.

Crozer Keystone Health System A custom 1999--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for research on the relationship among race, gender, income and rates of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures in Delaware County.

Doylestown Hospital A custom 1998 through 2nd quarter of 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used in marketing.

Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital A standard 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for regions 6 and 7 to be used to review hospital market share within their service area.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital A standard 2001 inpatient discharge data set by region and facility to be used for a market share study.

Harvard University A 1994/1995 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) data set to be used as part of academic work on technology diffusion in medical care, studying the impact of focused teams on the performance of CABG and PTCA, defining focus based on the degree to which a given surgeon or cardiologist splits his or her practice across multiple hospitals.

Haverford Nursing & Rehab Center A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used for a feasibility analysis for Haverford in relation to leasing additional space.

Health Care Choices A custom 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report to be used for publishing on the client's website which educates the public about the Nation's health care system.

Healthshare Technology, Inc. A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report data set to be used in a commercial software product.

Highmark A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct account and community reporting and consulting, selective contracting, utilization review and applied health services research.

Highmark A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct account and community reporting and consulting, selective contracting utilization review and applied health services research.

Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania A fiscal year 2000 restated and fiscal year 2001 financial data set to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that HAP currently collects on a voluntary basis from member hospitals. It will be used to model the potential effect of policy changes and to support HAPs representation and advocacy initiatives in support of member hospitals and the communities they serve.

Jefferson Regional Medical Center A standard 2nd through 4th quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure regional data set to be used to determine the market share of the South Hills Health System service area.

Kabala & Geeseman A standard 1999--2001 inpatient discharge data set for Brownsville General Hospital to be used in preparation for a medical staff hearing.

Kennedy Memorial Hospitals--Univ. Medical Center A custom 1998--2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for an out-migration study as part of a strategic plan.

Khubchandank, Stasik, & Rosen, P.C. A custom 1991--2001 inpatient discharge report by specific ICD-9-CM codes to be used for a research project on colorectal cancer mortality.

Lancaster Regional Medical Center A standard Statewide 4th quarter 2000 through 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share report.

Laurel Health System A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1996 through 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set by county to be used for a marketing plan (two requests).

Laurel Health System A standard 3rd quarter 1996 through 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure facility data set to be used for a marketing plan.

Legislative Budget and Finance Committee A custom 2001 report and fiscal year 2000-2001 inpatient discharge data set by DRGs and payor to be used for a review of the Impact of Managed Care on the Provision of Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Services.

Lehigh Valley Hospital A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data set to be used for internal marketing and analysis.

Lehigh Valley Hospital A standard Statewide 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to develop strategic initiatives for the hospital and to measure progress against competition over time and to project clinical and utilization needs.

Lower Bucks Hospital A custom 2000 and 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used to project Lower Bucks Hospital volumes and assist with market positioning.

Mercy Health Partners NE Region A custom 3rd and 4th quarter 2000 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set for two Commonwealth hospitals to be used for internal verification purposes.

Moses Taylor Hospital A custom 4th quarter 2000 through 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge report by select county, DRG and hospital to be used for out-migration and market share studies.

New Solutions, Inc. A custom 1998--2000 inpatient discharge data set for Pike County to be used for an annual strategic plan and market analysis report.

New Solutions, Inc. A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for a commercial software product.

New York University Center for Health & Public Service A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Regions 1, 8 and 9 to be used for two projects, ''The Urban Health Initiative'' and ''The Safety Net Assessment,'' which studies health and safety of urban youth in America.

New York University Center for Health & Public Service A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set for Region 1, 8 and 9 to be used for a continued research project on health and safety of urban children and youth.

Department of Health A custom 2001 sampling, by hospital, of inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data to be used in support of the Department of Health Licensing and Quality Assurance process.

Department of Health A custom 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data set of select ICD-9-CM codes to be used by the Department of Health, Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention for data analysis and reporting of osteoporosis.

Department of Health A custom 1996--2000 inpatient discharge report of hospitalizations of children and youth to be used for the FFY 2003 Maternal and Child Health Services Federal Block Grant (Title V).

Department of Health A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in the Department of Health Injury Program.

Department of Health A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for the Federal CODES (Crash Outcomes Data Evaluation Study) project.

Department of Health A standard Statewide 1998--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to develop baseline levels for public health surveillance and to estimate the numbers of cases and of disease outbreaks. The Department of Health will use those estimates as the benchmark against which current and future public health surveillance system can be evaluated.

Department of Health A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used for the Healthy People 2010 Web statistics as part of the Department of Health website.

Department of Health A standard Statewide 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to profile discharge patterns to develop and evaluate algorithms for sampling discharges, by the Department of Health Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care for the quality assurance and licensing functions.

Department of Health A custom 1st quarter 2002 sampling, by hospital, of inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for hospital audits conducted by the Department of Health Licensing and Quality Assurance surveyors.

Department of Health To utilize previously received 1994--2001 standard Statewide data sets for a study on trauma triage protocols in this Commonwealth.

Department of Health To utilize previously received 1994--2001 standard Statewide data sets for a study on the effectiveness of EMS pediatric protocols in this Commonwealth.

Department of Health To utilize previously received 1994--2001 standard Statewide data sets for a study on rural trauma care patients in this Commonwealth.

Department of Health A custom 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for a birth defects registry.

Office of the Attorney General A standard Statewide 2001 and 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to analyze the effect of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center merger with St. Francis Hospital and other hospital mergers, which will occur over the next year. The analysis on hospital mergers is being done under the Office of Attorney General's authority to enforce the antitrust laws on behalf of the Commonwealth and its citizens.

Pennsylvania State Data Center A custom 2000 financial report to be used in the 2002 Pennsylvania Abstract published annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center

Pennsylvania State Data Center A custom 2001 financial report to be used in the 2003 Pennsylvania Abstract published annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center.

Peterson Consulting A standard 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure facility data set to be used for consulting purposes.

Philadelphia Inquirer A standard 2001 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for newspapers stories.

Philadelphia Inquirer A standard 2002 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for newspapers stories.

Philadelphia Inquirer A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for analysis in support of newspaper stories.

Pittsburgh Tribune Review A standard 2001 inpatient discharge data set for region 1 to be used for newspaper stories.

Pocono Medical Center A custom 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report by DRG and facility for Monroe and Pike Counties to be used for strategic planning.

Reading Hospital and Medical Center A custom 1996--2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedures charges report of Medicaid data to be used for charity care planning.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ A custom 1995--1999 Statewide inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for cancer research.

Solucient A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

Solucient A standard Statewide first quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

St. Clair Hospital A custom 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge report by select zip codes and facilities to be used for market share planning.

St. Clair Hospital A custom 1999 and 2000 inpatient discharge report by zip code and specific data fields to be used for market share planning.

St. Marys Medical Center A standard 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for market share analysis.

Stanford University A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set by Lupis ICD-9-CM codes to be used to conduct a national level research study of the effect of hospital experience on mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Stephen R. Couch, Ph.D. A standard 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for region 8 to be used to study increases in diseases and illnesses in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Steven H. Untracht, M.D. A custom 1990--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for select physicians and surgeons to be used to research practice patterns for physicians.

Susquehanna Health System A custom 1994 through 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge report of regional and Statewide total charges and increases to be used internally for validation purposes.

The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum, Inc. A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product

The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum, Inc. A standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.

The News Journal A custom 1995--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report by ICD-9 codes of Delaware residents in Commonwealth hospitals, to be used for a newspaper story on cancer.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set for Philadelphia residents admitted with asthma to be used for a research project.

Tyler Memorial Hospital A standard 1st quarter 2000 and 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share report to be used for internal market share studies.

United States Environmental Protection Agency A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Allegheny County asthma admissions to be used in an EPA Particulate Matter Risk Analysis in support of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards review.

University Hospital/UMDNJ A custom 1997 and 1998 and 2000 inpatient discharge data set by zip code to be used for utilization trends and making benchmark comparisons for a New Jersey hospital system.

University Hospital/UMDNJ A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set by patient zip code to be used for utilization trends and making benchmark comparisons for the New Jersey hospital system.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine A custom 2000 inpatient discharge and revenue code detail data set to be used for a research project on ''Critical Care and Critical Illness in this Commonwealth, access, incidence, delivery and outcomes.''

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine A custom 1995--2000 inpatient discharge data set for Allegheny County to be used to explore the association of various air pollutants with the exacerbation of cardiorespiratory disease.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine A custom 1999--2001 inpatient discharge data set for Allegheny, Dauphin, Erie, Lancaster, York and Fayette Counties by ICD-9-CM respiratory system codes to be used for a study of asthma and air pollution.

Urban Health Institute A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used to determine out-migration of patients from New Jersey receiving open-heart procedures in other states.

United States Department of Health and Human Services A standard 1997 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set for four Commonwealth facilities to be used to conduct analyses related to the measurement of severity of illness and care delivered by children's teaching hospitals.

Wayne Memorial Hospital A custom 3rd and 4th quarter 2000 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set by zip code and DRG to be used for a market share study.

West Virginia United Health System A custom 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for a market share analysis of West Virginia patients in Pennsylvania hospitals (two requests).

Wyoming Valley Health Care System A standard 2001 and 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure by facility data set to be used internally to track volumes and benchmarking against the other hospitals in our immediate area. (2 requests)

Yale School of Public Health A standard 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for market share consulting.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-326. Filed for public inspection February 21, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]

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Applicant	Project Description
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality	A custom Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge, ambulatory procedure and revenue code detail data set to be used in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
AmeriNet Central, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
AmeriNet Central, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Analysis Group, Inc.	A standard Statewide 4th quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share report to be used for economic research and consulting.
Ashland Regional Medical Center	A custom 2nd quarter 2001 through 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge report to be used for internal hospital research.
Auditor General's Department	A custom financial data set for fiscal years ended 1997--2000 to be used to audit hospitals receiving extraordinary expense payments as part of the tobacco settlement.
Auditor General's Department	A fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, inpatient discharge facility data set to be used to audit hospitals receiving extraordinary expense payments as part of the tobacco settlement.
Bayhealth Medical Center	A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1999--2001 and 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge data set by Delaware residents to be used for internal use by the strategic planning department to determine market share.
Capital Blue Cross	A custom 1998--2001 financial data set to be used to provide customers and Capital Blue Cross Board members with information about the financial condition of hospitals. The data will also be used to develop and monitor payment agreements with the hospitals within Capital Blue Cross's 21 county service area.
Cardinal Information Corporation	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Central Montgomery Medical Center	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report by hospital, DRG and MDC for select zip codes to be used for a market share study.
Childrens Hospital of Boston	A standard 1995--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for two facilities to be used for internal analysis of the pediatric services market.
CHPS Consulting	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Bradford County to be used for an out-migration analysis.
Community Health Systems	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for internal strategic planning purposes.
Crozer Keystone Health System	A custom 1999--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for research on the relationship among race, gender, income and rates of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures in Delaware County.
Doylestown Hospital	A custom 1998 through 2nd quarter of 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used in marketing.
Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital	A standard 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for regions 6 and 7 to be used to review hospital market share within their service area.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital	A standard 2001 inpatient discharge data set by region and facility to be used for a market share study.
Harvard University	A 1994/1995 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) data set to be used as part of academic work on technology diffusion in medical care, studying the impact of focused teams on the performance of CABG and PTCA, defining focus based on the degree to which a given surgeon or cardiologist splits his or her practice across multiple hospitals.
Haverford Nursing & Rehab Center	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used for a feasibility analysis for Haverford in relation to leasing additional space.
Health Care Choices	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report to be used for publishing on the client's website which educates the public about the Nation's health care system.
Healthshare Technology, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Highmark	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct account and community reporting and consulting, selective contracting, utilization review and applied health services research.
Highmark	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct account and community reporting and consulting, selective contracting utilization review and applied health services research.
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania	A fiscal year 2000 restated and fiscal year 2001 financial data set to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that HAP currently collects on a voluntary basis from member hospitals. It will be used to model the potential effect of policy changes and to support HAPs representation and advocacy initiatives in support of member hospitals and the communities they serve.
Jefferson Regional Medical Center	A standard 2nd through 4th quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure regional data set to be used to determine the market share of the South Hills Health System service area.
Kabala & Geeseman	A standard 1999--2001 inpatient discharge data set for Brownsville General Hospital to be used in preparation for a medical staff hearing.
Kennedy Memorial Hospitals--Univ. Medical Center	A custom 1998--2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for an out-migration study as part of a strategic plan.
Khubchandank, Stasik, & Rosen, P.C.	A custom 1991--2001 inpatient discharge report by specific ICD-9-CM codes to be used for a research project on colorectal cancer mortality.
Lancaster Regional Medical Center	A standard Statewide 4th quarter 2000 through 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share report.
Laurel Health System	A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1996 through 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set by county to be used for a marketing plan (two requests).
Laurel Health System	A standard 3rd quarter 1996 through 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure facility data set to be used for a marketing plan.
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee	A custom 2001 report and fiscal year 2000-2001 inpatient discharge data set by DRGs and payor to be used for a review of the Impact of Managed Care on the Provision of Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Services.
Lehigh Valley Hospital	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data set to be used for internal marketing and analysis.
Lehigh Valley Hospital	A standard Statewide 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to develop strategic initiatives for the hospital and to measure progress against competition over time and to project clinical and utilization needs.
Lower Bucks Hospital	A custom 2000 and 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used to project Lower Bucks Hospital volumes and assist with market positioning.
Mercy Health Partners NE Region	A custom 3rd and 4th quarter 2000 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set for two Commonwealth hospitals to be used for internal verification purposes.
Moses Taylor Hospital	A custom 4th quarter 2000 through 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge report by select county, DRG and hospital to be used for out-migration and market share studies.
New Solutions, Inc.	A custom 1998--2000 inpatient discharge data set for Pike County to be used for an annual strategic plan and market analysis report.
New Solutions, Inc.	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for a commercial software product.
New York University Center for Health & Public Service	A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Regions 1, 8 and 9 to be used for two projects, ''The Urban Health Initiative'' and ''The Safety Net Assessment,'' which studies health and safety of urban youth in America.
New York University Center for Health & Public Service	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set for Region 1, 8 and 9 to be used for a continued research project on health and safety of urban children and youth.
Department of Health	A custom 2001 sampling, by hospital, of inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data to be used in support of the Department of Health Licensing and Quality Assurance process.
Department of Health	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data set of select ICD-9-CM codes to be used by the Department of Health, Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention for data analysis and reporting of osteoporosis.
Department of Health	A custom 1996--2000 inpatient discharge report of hospitalizations of children and youth to be used for the FFY 2003 Maternal and Child Health Services Federal Block Grant (Title V).
Department of Health	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used in the Department of Health Injury Program.
Department of Health	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for the Federal CODES (Crash Outcomes Data Evaluation Study) project.
Department of Health	A standard Statewide 1998--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to develop baseline levels for public health surveillance and to estimate the numbers of cases and of disease outbreaks. The Department of Health will use those estimates as the benchmark against which current and future public health surveillance system can be evaluated.
Department of Health	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used for the Healthy People 2010 Web statistics as part of the Department of Health website.
Department of Health	A standard Statewide 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used to profile discharge patterns to develop and evaluate algorithms for sampling discharges, by the Department of Health Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care for the quality assurance and licensing functions.
Department of Health	A custom 1st quarter 2002 sampling, by hospital, of inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for hospital audits conducted by the Department of Health Licensing and Quality Assurance surveyors.
Department of Health	To utilize previously received 1994--2001 standard Statewide data sets for a study on trauma triage protocols in this Commonwealth.
Department of Health	To utilize previously received 1994--2001 standard Statewide data sets for a study on the effectiveness of EMS pediatric protocols in this Commonwealth.
Department of Health	To utilize previously received 1994--2001 standard Statewide data sets for a study on rural trauma care patients in this Commonwealth.
Department of Health	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for a birth defects registry.
Office of the Attorney General	A standard Statewide 2001 and 1st quarter 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to analyze the effect of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center merger with St. Francis Hospital and other hospital mergers, which will occur over the next year. The analysis on hospital mergers is being done under the Office of Attorney General's authority to enforce the antitrust laws on behalf of the Commonwealth and its citizens.
Pennsylvania State Data Center	A custom 2000 financial report to be used in the 2002 Pennsylvania Abstract published annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center
Pennsylvania State Data Center	A custom 2001 financial report to be used in the 2003 Pennsylvania Abstract published annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center.
Peterson Consulting	A standard 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure facility data set to be used for consulting purposes.
Philadelphia Inquirer	A standard 2001 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for newspapers stories.
Philadelphia Inquirer	A standard 2002 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for newspapers stories.
Philadelphia Inquirer	A standard 2000 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for analysis in support of newspaper stories.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review	A standard 2001 inpatient discharge data set for region 1 to be used for newspaper stories.
Pocono Medical Center	A custom 2000 and 1st quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report by DRG and facility for Monroe and Pike Counties to be used for strategic planning.
Reading Hospital and Medical Center	A custom 1996--2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedures charges report of Medicaid data to be used for charity care planning.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ	A custom 1995--1999 Statewide inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for cancer research.
Solucient	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Solucient	A standard Statewide first quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
St. Clair Hospital	A custom 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge report by select zip codes and facilities to be used for market share planning.
St. Clair Hospital	A custom 1999 and 2000 inpatient discharge report by zip code and specific data fields to be used for market share planning.
St. Marys Medical Center	A standard 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for market share analysis.
Stanford University	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set by Lupis ICD-9-CM codes to be used to conduct a national level research study of the effect of hospital experience on mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Stephen R. Couch, Ph.D.	A standard 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for region 8 to be used to study increases in diseases and illnesses in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Steven H. Untracht, M.D.	A custom 1990--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set for select physicians and surgeons to be used to research practice patterns for physicians.
Susquehanna Health System	A custom 1994 through 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge report of regional and Statewide total charges and increases to be used internally for validation purposes.
The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product
The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used in a commercial software product.
The News Journal	A custom 1995--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report by ICD-9 codes of Delaware residents in Commonwealth hospitals, to be used for a newspaper story on cancer.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set for Philadelphia residents admitted with asthma to be used for a research project.
Tyler Memorial Hospital	A standard 1st quarter 2000 and 3rd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share report to be used for internal market share studies.
United States Environmental Protection Agency	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Allegheny County asthma admissions to be used in an EPA Particulate Matter Risk Analysis in support of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards review.
University Hospital/UMDNJ	A custom 1997 and 1998 and 2000 inpatient discharge data set by zip code to be used for utilization trends and making benchmark comparisons for a New Jersey hospital system.
University Hospital/UMDNJ	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set by patient zip code to be used for utilization trends and making benchmark comparisons for the New Jersey hospital system.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge and revenue code detail data set to be used for a research project on ''Critical Care and Critical Illness in this Commonwealth, access, incidence, delivery and outcomes.''
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	A custom 1995--2000 inpatient discharge data set for Allegheny County to be used to explore the association of various air pollutants with the exacerbation of cardiorespiratory disease.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	A custom 1999--2001 inpatient discharge data set for Allegheny, Dauphin, Erie, Lancaster, York and Fayette Counties by ICD-9-CM respiratory system codes to be used for a study of asthma and air pollution.
Urban Health Institute	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used to determine out-migration of patients from New Jersey receiving open-heart procedures in other states.
United States Department of Health and Human Services	A standard 1997 and 1999 inpatient discharge data set for four Commonwealth facilities to be used to conduct analyses related to the measurement of severity of illness and care delivered by children's teaching hospitals.
Wayne Memorial Hospital	A custom 3rd and 4th quarter 2000 and 1st and 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set by zip code and DRG to be used for a market share study.
West Virginia United Health System	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for a market share analysis of West Virginia patients in Pennsylvania hospitals (two requests).
Wyoming Valley Health Care System	A standard 2001 and 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure by facility data set to be used internally to track volumes and benchmarking against the other hospitals in our immediate area. (2 requests)
Yale School of Public Health	A standard 2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data set to be used for market share consulting.