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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 11-404

NOTICES

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL

Special Reports and Requests for Data

[41 Pa.B. 1298]
[Saturday, March 5, 2011]

 The Health Care Cost Containment Council (Council), according to Act 89 as amended by Act 14 and as amended by Act 3, 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 2010. Questions about procedures for obtaining access to the Council data should be addressed to JoAnne Z. Nelson, Supervisor of Special Requests Unit, Health Care Cost Containment Council, 225 Market Street, Suite 400, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 232-6787, jnelson@phc4.org.

JOE MARTIN, 
Executive Director

Applicant Project Description
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality A standard Statewide 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge and inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, which uses the data for multiple databases, reports, tools and products.
Akron Children's Hospital A standard facility 2008 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for UPMC's Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, North Surgery Center and South Surgery Center. The data will be used to assess community health needs, level of access and migration patterns for pediatric and adolescent patients residing in eastern Ohio and surrounding areas.
Allied Services A custom third quarter 2008 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data set with the number of ICU days for five hospitals (Community Medical Center of Scranton, Mercy Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and Geisinger Wyoming Valley) to be used for long-range strategic planning.
Altarum Institute A standard regional 2000 and 2008 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used, along with data from other sources, to gain knowledge on the multiple determinants of health in the southeastern Pennsylvania region. Specifically, the data will be used to establish environmental-level measures and multi-level analysis of individual and population health.
America's Health Insurance Plans A modification to a prior request of a standard Statewide 2007 inpatient discharge data set to a custom 2007 inpatient discharge data set with the number of days to next admission calculated to be used to analyze the utilization and health conditions of the Medicare population expanded to include hospital-level comparisons.
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center A standard regional 2009 inpatient discharge data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for various web-based health statistic reports as a reporting tool focused on the epidemiology of health services to estimate demand for health services, and to measure morbidity and comorbities that will be used by AtlantiCare in comparing to peer hospitals.
Bon Secours Health System, Inc. A 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure standard regional data set by region 6 and custom data set of patients who reside within region 6. The data will be used to assess community health care needs and to examine variations in health status and access to care so appropriate programs and services can be developed.
Bucknell University A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge data set to be used for health policy research and educational purposes by faculty to identify factors affecting inpatient discharges and health outcomes and by students for classroom activities.
Community Health Systems A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to create utilization rates and market share information for strategic and facilities planning for the following hospitals: Berwick Hospital, Brandywine Hospital, Easton Hospital, Jennersville Regional Hospital, Pottstown Memorial Hospital, Lockhaven Hospital, Chestnut Hill Healthcare, Phoenixville Hospital, Sunbury Community Hospital and Wilkes-Barre Health System.
Competition Economics, LLC A standard Statewide 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge and inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used to conduct statistical studies that will examine factors influencing inpatient choice of psychiatric facility, such as travel time, diagnosis and characteristics of alternative facilities, such as stand-alone facility or psychiatric unit with a general acute care hospital.
DataBay Resources A standard Statewide second quarter 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set. The data will be combined with other all-payer health care data to be used to produce various aggregate report files distributed within their Navigate system (PC based) and NavigateNet system (Internet-based) that are offered as health care software products to their customers.
Delaware Valley Health Care Coalition A standard Statewide third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data set. The data will be used to identify high-performing hospitals and share this information with participants to facilitate direction of health care services to these high-performing facilities.
Duke University A modification for additional data to a prior request of a custom 2001-2007 inpatient discharge data set of patients with percutaneous coronary intervention that may have a cardiac disease follow-up condition. The data will be used to conduct academic research on the impact of payer type on use of physicians and eventual outcomes for a conference presentation and academic journal submission and publication.
Foundation for Advance of International Medical Education & Research A standard Statewide 2007-2009 inpatient discharge data set to be merged with Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) data on international medical graduates to investigate outcomes of care by graduates of international medical schools compared with graduates of United States schools. These aggregate Council data would be used for the purposes of publication in journals and informing the refinement of the ECFMG certification process.
Frederick Memorial Hospital A custom 2008 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of patients residing in Frederick County, MD to be used to better understand the number of patients that are receiving care in Pennsylvania facilities by specialty/service.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital A standard regional 2009 inpatient discharge data set for regions 5-9 to be used for internal analysis of hospital services.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom 2008 inpatient discharge data report with first quarter 2009 readmission data. The admission and readmission data, including average charge, by payer type will be included as part of a model that estimates the savings that can be achieved by avoiding readmissions due to the use of a health information exchange.
Hamilton Health Center A custom 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge data report for Harrisburg City, Dauphin County and Pennsylvania Statewide based on the Council's Chronic Health Conditions in Pennsylvania report, as well as additional general statistical rates: diabetes short-term complication hospital admission rate, diabetes long-term complication hospital admission rate, uncontrolled diabetes hospital admission rate, rate of lower-extremity amputation among patients with diabetes, hypertension hospital admission rate, congestive heart failure hospital admission rate, angina without procedure hospitalization rate, pediatric asthma hospitalization rate, adult asthma hospitalization rate, COPD hospital admission rate and bacterial pneumonia hospital admission rate. The data will be used to develop a needs assessment for a grant application to the Federal government.
Harvard University A standard regional 2007 and 2008 inpatient discharge data set for regions 1 and 9. The data will be used for a PhD thesis study on the effect on the adoption of medical devices in various medical specialties based on the following factors: financial relationship between surgeons and medical device makers; other physician characteristics, including procedure volume, education, years of experience and publications; and the adoption patterns of other surgeons within the same physician practices, hospitals or markets.
HCR ManorCare A standard Statewide 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge data set to be used to assess the needs of skilled nursing facility patients in HCR ManorCare's facilities across the state, market trend analysis and making business decisions.
HEALTHSOUTH A standard Statewide 2008 inpatient discharge data set to be used for market share analysis.
Home Nursing Agency A standard Statewide second quarter 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to identify and analyze the market opportunity for home health and hospice-based services in underserved regions.
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of PA A standard 2009, 2008 and 2007 financial data report to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that HAP currently collects on a voluntary basis from member hospitals. HAP will use the data on a routine basis to model potential effects of policy changes and to support its representation and advocacy initiatives in support of member hospitals and the communities they serve.
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of PA A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge data set. The data will be used by HAP to conduct ongoing monitoring of Statewide, regional and hospital-specific quality outcomes, primarily utilizing the AHRQ Quality Indicators. HAP may from time to time release the aggregate results of its quality monitoring research.
Ingenix A standard Statewide 2008 inpatient discharge data set. The data will be used for two products, a consumer hospital quality reporting tool for health plans to provide to its members and reports for health care professionals. The reports for consumers will provide information on inpatient quality and efficiency to aid in decision making about where to seek care. The reports for health care professionals will be benchmarking tools that analyze inpatient charges, volumes, lengths of stay and other measures by facility.
Kaleida Health A custom fourth quarter 2008 through third quarter 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report of residents from the western New York area (Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegheny, Wyoming, Genesee and Orleans Counties). The data will be used for organizational market share planning by researching where these patients are receiving their health care services.
Lancaster General Hospital A custom third quarter 2006 through first quarter 2010 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of records within a specified zip code to be used to understand demand and utilization for ambulatory surgery in the local market.
Lehigh Valley Health Network A standard Statewide 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge data set to be used for service area analysis, product line trends and analysis, competitive analysis and incidence rate comparisons and trends for program development.
LW Consulting, Inc. A custom 2009 inpatient discharge data report of patients age 60 and older with specific MDCs/DRGs to be used to identify types of discharges by DRG over a specified time frame for specified hospitals for health care consulting.
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene A custom 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge data set of Maryland residents that were hospitalized in Pennsylvania. The data will be combined with Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission hospitalization data to derive rates of diagnoses and treatment for acute and chronic conditions including asthma, injury, births, heart disease and diabetes. Data will be aggregated and reported by gender, race, age, county of residence, diagnosis and procedure.
Memorial Medical Center A standard Statewide second quarter 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge data set to be used for the internal assessment of its performance and its competitors' performance. The data will also be used for planning and market share analyses.
Moses Taylor Hospital A custom fourth quarter 2008 through third quarter 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report to be used to assess where patients in Moses Taylor Health Care System's service area are going for inpatient and outpatient procedures when they leave northeastern Pennsylvania. The data will be used in strategic planning and to market and improve services.
New Solutions, Inc. A custom 2009 inpatient discharge data set of patients from New Jersey and Monroe, Northampton, Pike, Bucks, Wayne and Philadelphia Counties to be used for research purposes and to provide market share analysis for hospital clients.
New York Presbyterian Hospital A custom 2008 inpatient discharge data set for all pediatric patients (ages 0-17) to be used for market share analysis for various clinical and key services and the migration of New York and New Jersey residents to Pennsylvania hospitals.
Northwestern University Law School A standard Statewide 1998-2009 inpatient discharge data set to be used to study the impact of public reporting on healthcare-associated infections (HAI) by hospitals on HAI rates.
Odyssey Healthcare A standard facility third quarter 2008 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data set for Crozer Chester Medical Center (including Springfield and Taylor) and Delaware County Memorial Hospital to be used to identify hospice market opportunities in the Crozer/Delaware Memorial system.
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency A custom third quarter 2008 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data report of uninsured patients hospitalized as a result of a crime. The data will be used to support the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency's Victims Compensation Assistance Program project, which provides funding to this population.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A standard Statewide 2008 inpatient discharge data set to be used to examine diabetes-related hospitalizations in support of reducing the burden of diabetes. The data will be analyzed by the Bureau of Health Statistics and Research to provide surveillance data to the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, to prepare county monograms and fact sheets, to create the bi-annual The Burden of Diabetes in Pennsylvania report, and to respond to requests for aggregate data at the local or State level and to provide data for use by the Bureau of Epidemiology.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge data set of asthma, acute myocardial infarction and carbon monoxide poisoning related hospitalization cases to be used in the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. The data will be used with other health outcomes data, exposure and bio-monitoring data, and environmental hazards and environmental monitoring data to be displayed in aggregate form on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's public portal and to be analyzed to provide valid scientific information on environmental exposure and adverse risk of health conditions to drive actions that will improve the health in communities.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A 2009 custom inpatient discharge and standard Statewide ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used for the Injury Prevention Program. The client will use the data to prepare: 1) injuries in Pennsylvania; 2) injuries in Pennsylvania county profiles; 3) injury-specific monographs; and 4) injury-specific fact sheets, and to respond to requests for aggregate injury data at the State and local level, and provide to the Bureau of Epidemiology. The data will be used by State and local agencies to identify specific segments of the population at highest risk for injury, specific types and causes of injury, and to assist in Statewide injury prevention, emergency medical services, traumatic brain injury and youth suicide prevention planning and evaluation.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 1998-2008 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of cases with arthritis-related conditions. The data will be used to update and assess State and county trends; to prepare arthritis statistical reports, monographs and fact sheets; and to respond to requests for aggregate arthritis data.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of cases with asthma-related conditions to be used to address the burden of asthma as part of the Department's Asthma Surveillance System for the Asthma Control Program through asthma risk education and prevention programs. The data will be used as a part of the Department's Asthma Surveillance System, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant to address the burden of asthma from a public health perspective in Pennsylvania. The data analysis will be distributed to the Pennsylvania Asthma Coalition and CDC through press releases, conferences, presentations, reports and fact sheets.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 2000-2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for patients with one of the following primary or secondary diagnoses or conditions: heart disease, malignant neoplasms, cerebro-vascular disease, chronic lower respiratory disease, unintentional injury, diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease, nephritis, influenza and pneumonia or septicemia. The data will be used to prepare the Chronic Disease Burden Report which includes cost and length of stay of the defined diseases and conditions by age group, gender, race/ethnicity, admission type, discharge diagnosis, payer type and discharge status, as well as the hospitalization trend for the defined diseases and conditions.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom third quarter 2007 through second quarter 2008 inpatient discharge data set of MDC 14 and 15 inclusive from Pennsylvania acute care hospitals to be used to calculate payments to hospitals for obstetrical and neonate services.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom third quarter 2007 through second quarter 2008 inpatient discharge data set and a custom 2006-2008 financial data set. This data will be used to compute payments to hospitals for the Hospital Uncompensated Care and Extraordinary Expense programs under the Tobacco Settlement Act of 2001.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom 2006-2008 financial data report of net patient revenue by payer to be used to model a potential Statewide hospital assessment.
Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General A custom third quarter 2007 through second quarter 2008 inpatient discharge data set and a custom 2006-2008 financial data report. The client will use the data for auditing hospitals that received tobacco funds in 2010 from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, which used Council data to compute payments to hospitals for the Uncompensated Care and Extraordinary Expense Programs established under the Tobacco Settlement Act of 2001.
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General A standard Statewide 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge data set, ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set, inpatient revenue data set, ambulatory/outpatient revenue code detail data set and 2009 financial data report. The data will be used for the review of hospital mergers to ensure that the mergers are in compliance with antitrust laws.
Penn State College of Medicine A 2005-2008 standard Statewide inpatient discharge data set and custom financial data report to be used to compare cost-efficiency to health outcomes across hospitals in Pennsylvania.
Penn State College of Medicine A custom 2008 inpatient discharge data set of mother and infant records linked with the Department of Health birth certificate data to be used in a grant application to the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of labor pain and anesthesia choice on maternal and infant outcomes.
Penn State College of Medicine A modification to a prior request of a custom 2000 through first quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set of newborns linked to the mothers' discharge record who delivered in 2000. The data will be used to continue a study to investigate the extent to which mode of first delivery (vaginal, instrumental or cesarean) affects subsequent childbearing over the course of an 8- to 9-year follow-up period.
Penn State College of Medicine A custom second quarter 2008 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient data set to be used for research purposes to analyze cost effectiveness of the study intervention in patients with diabetes.
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority A custom 2006 though second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report that will detail the number of colonoscopy-related procedures in Pennsylvania by facility to be used to normalize other data related to the number of adverse events associated with colonoscopy procedures in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Department of Public Health A standard regional 1994, 1995, 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge data and 2008 and 2009 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for regions 8 and 9 to be used for estimation of the geographic distribution, temporal trends, rates and hospitalizations for specific conditions (diabetes, asthma, and the like). Other areas to be examined include: diabetes complications, disparities in hospital outcomes, violence-related injuries, trends in HIV/AIDS inpatient/outpatient utilization, high-risk pregnancies, obstetrical service issues, infectious diseases, influenza and pelvic inflammatory disease.
Pinnacle Health System A standard Statewide 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge data set, ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set, and inpatient and outpatient revenue code detail data set to be used to determine share of market by hospital, physician activity by specialty, physician provider preferences and outpatient total market volume by service.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A custom second quarter 2008 and 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report to include month-by-month reports on the total number of cases and in-hospital deaths for Children's Hospital Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital Philadelphia and St. Christopher Hospital for Children to be used for news reporting.
Pittsburgh Regional Health Care Initiative A custom fourth quarter 2007-2009 inpatient discharge data set of hospitalizations in region 1 and Lawrence, Somerset and Indiana Counties to be used to study hospital readmission rates of chronic diseases to improve health care safety and quality and help plan initiatives for improving health care in the southwestern Pennsylvania region.
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center A standard regional 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of regions 7-9 to be used to analyze the feasibility of service lines.
Press Ganey Associates, Inc. A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge data set to be used in an aggregate fashion in health care benchmarking reporting packages and studies composed of Medicare and multiple state sources of data. Additional information from Medicare cost reports, internally created RAMI and RACI processes, AHRQ indicators, geo-spatial information, and various other sources will be used in conjunction with this data to develop hospital-based metrics on clinical, operating and financial metrics.
Reading Hospital and Medical Center A standard facility third quarter 2008 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data set for The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, St. Joseph Medical Center/Reading, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, Geisinger Medical Center/Danville, York Hospital, Pinnacle Health Hospitals, St. Luke's Hospital/Bethlehem, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Lancaster General Hospital. The data will be used by the Medical Center to increase its knowledge and understanding of its relative payment position within Berks County and the surrounding market area.
Rural Health Initiative, VA Medical Center A custom 2001-2007 inpatient discharge data set linked with data of VA health care enrollees who lived in Pennsylvania from the VA National Data System. The data will be used with national health survey data to help understand how veterans enrolled in VA health care use both VA and non-VA medical services, to assess current utilization needs, and to assess issues.
Sacred Heart Healthcare System A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data set of all hospitalizations from Sacred Heart Hospital and all hospitalizations based on patient origin from Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon and Monroe Counties. The data will be used to prepare a market analysis of trends over the past 3 years in the area surrounding Allentown, PA.
SDI Health A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge and 2008 through 2009 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be combined with other states' data to be used in estimating diagnoses and procedures at the hospital and national levels for commercial health care software products and services.
Service Employees International Union A standard Statewide 2005-2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set. The data will be used as an ongoing project to assess the delivery of services in terms of access, cost and quality of care, and the impact of delivery of services in multiple settings to understand the sources of variation in health care delivery. The information will be presented in reports to consumers, policymakers and academic health service researchers.
St. Clair Hospital A standard regional 2009 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for region 1 to be used to analyze market share information and to assess community needs.
Susquehanna Health A custom third quarter 2008 through second quarter 2009 inpatient discharge data set of patients from any of the region 4 counties or Potter, Bradford and Sullivan Counties. The data will be used to update Susquehanna Health's market analysis and to prepare financial projections related to its financial plan.
The Commonwealth Fund A standard 2007 financial data report to be used with other states' financial data to determine the potential financial impact on hospitals if Medicaid payment rates were set at Medicare levels and if the uninsured were covered at Medicare rates.
Thomson Reuters A standard Statewide 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used for commercial software products.
Treo Solutions A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge and inpatient revenue code detail data set to be grouped into weight-adjusted categories and assigned APR-DRGs. The assigned categories and associated volumes will be used to analyze market share, hospital clinical cost and performance for its clients located in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.
University of Pennsylvania Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars A custom second quarter 2005-2007 inpatient discharge data set for patients admitted with hip fractures and their 6 months pre- and 1-month post admission records linked with Department of Health death data to be used for a research study examining the relationships between hospital structures, processes and outcomes for hip fracture.
University of Iowa, Department of Health Management & Policy A custom third quarter 2006 and 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used for a study that examines whether shortened temporal distance between surgeries is the primary driver of improved surgical outcomes.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine A custom third quarter 2006 through third quarter 2008 inpatient discharge data set of adults in an intensive care unit or coronary care unit setting linked with Department of Health death data to be used to investigate current inter-hospital transfer networks and the feasibility of creating a tiered, regional system of care for patients with critical illness.
University of Pennsylvania A custom 1995-2009 inpatient discharge and 1996-2009 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of cases with motor neuron disease to be used to describe the use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes and tracheostomy placement (feeding tubes and ventilator use) in patients with motor neuron disease.
University of Pennsylvania A modification to a previous request for a custom 1996-2008 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of cases with motor neuron disease to be linked with Department of Health death data. The data on usage of tracheostomy, PEG placement and rates of emergent hospitalization will be used to study quality of care and determine best practices for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease.
University of Pennsylvania A modification to a prior request for a custom 2000-2003 inpatient discharge data set linked with Department of Health death data to be used for a research study that will examine the impact of a nurse-to-patient ratio law in California by comparing hospital outcomes in Pennsylvania. The data will be used to develop risk-adjusted models that predict the odds of death and outcomes that are associated with the patient care environment.
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine A custom 2006-2009 inpatient discharge data set of readmission records of the patients who were diagnosed during 2006 with a positive CT-scan for pulmonary embolism at a UPMC facility. The data will be used in a funded NIH grant application (Identifying CT Imaging Biomarkers Associated with Prognosis of Pulmonary Embolism) to evaluate the diagnostic performance of new CT-derived biomarkers of pulmonary embolism and assess if they improve prediction of prognosis in acute pulmonary embolism.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center A standard Statewide second quarter 2009 through first quarter 2010 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to produce various reports on patient origin for UPMC hospital, UPMC market share in various geographic areas and for various service lines, utilization trends in volume and market share over different time periods, and physician volumes at UPMC and other hospitals.
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System A first and second quarter 2007 standard Statewide inpatient revenue code detail data set and a custom inpatient discharge data set of patients receiving a hip or knee replacement and their readmissions linked with Department of Health death data. The data will be used for a pilot study titled Gender Differences in Knee and Hip Joint Replacement, which will assess surgical outcomes by gender in patients who underwent knee or hip arthroplasty and to provide health services research-based evidence to improve quality of care and access to joint replacement for women with end-stage knee or hip osteoarthritis.
Virginia Commonwealth University A custom 2000-2007 inpatient discharge data set of patients from birth to age 18 with a primary diagnosis of asthma residing in specified zip codes to be used for the population impact evaluation of the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project. The goal of the project, funded by the CDC, and Prevention, is to improve the quality of care and life for pediatric asthma patients in high prevalence urban areas.
WebMD Health A standard Statewide 2008 inpatient discharge and inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used in WebMD's hospital comparison software tools that assist its clients in better understanding how hospitals compare to one another based on relative resource utilization and quality measures.
WellSpan Health A standard regional 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for region 5 to be used for the internal analysis of the delivery and utilization of health care services within WellSpan Health's region.
Wyoming Valley Health Care System A standard Statewide 2009 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used for internal benchmarking and reporting.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-404. Filed for public inspection March 4, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]


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