Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

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[
  "ED visits",
  "HCUP",
  "ambulatory surgery",
  "hospitalizations"
]

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    {
      "name": "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)",
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[
  "HCUP adheres to the AHRQ Confidentiality Statute (Section 944 (c ) of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c-3(c ). which provides (c) Limitation on use of certain information. No information, if an establishment or person supplying the information or described in it is identifiable, obtained in the course of activities undertaken or supported under this subchapter may be used for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was supplied unless such establishment or person has consented (as determined under regulations of the Director) to its use for such other purpose. Such information may not be published or released in other form if the person who supplied the information or who is described in it is identifiable unless such person has consented (as determined under regulations of the Director) to its publication or release in other form.” There are civil penalties associated with violation of the statute."
]

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