Any use of the data must identify CHA as the data source. CHA has the right to refuse to release data to anyone at anytime. The database is the source of comparable information on average daily census, length of stay, outpatient statistics, charges and expenses per day and per stay, uncollected charges, number of days in accounts receivable gross, profitability and a range of personnel statistics. Reports are sent to hospitals monthly, quarterly and annually on the hospital's data and in comparison to selected peer groups. Data is used in budgeting, marketing and internal operations, as well as for public policy decisions such as Medicaid disproportionate share.
Noncomparative reports list the data elements for one time period only.
The reports include selected peer groups. The peer groups do not include a hospital if data from one or more months of the time period selected have not yet been submitted. These reports are sent to each CEO quarterly. They show the individual hospital and the selected peer groups. Trend reports show the hospital's monthly or quarterly data for one, two or three years using the same data elements as the noncomparative and comparative reports.