These data are used to establish reasonable and adequate rates, to enable hospitals to be grouped for comparing costs, to assist in the formulation of health care delivery and financing policy, and to assist in the provision and purchase of health care services. Requests for these data are subject to all privacy protection laws and the Division's application review process . Next Back Back to Top of Page The Fiscal Year 1998 Hospital Case Mix Database contains hospital discharge data for the entire Fiscal Year 1998. The Division releases this product in order to provide data to hospitals, consultants, strategic planners, policy makers, researchers, program evaluators and others who require timely data for analysis. A manual containing general and technical documentation is included for your reference.
Additional programming is required to manipulate and analyze the data.
Limited multiple and multiple use licenses are also available. Next Back Back to Top of Page The Division is committed to protecting the privacy of persons whose discharge information is included in the Acute Hospital Case Mix Database. The purpose of these policies is to balance the Division's obligation to protect the privacy of persons whose discharge data is contained on the case mix tapes with the public benefit derived by controlled access to this valuable health care information and research database. As part of each application request, applicants must ensure that patient privacy will be protected and are required to demonstrate that the purpose of their request is in the public interest. Appropriate public purposes include financial studies, surveillance of hospitals, health planning and resource allocation studies, epidemiological studies and health care research.