Common Contracts

DATA USE AGREEMENT for theState Databases from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

May 16th, 2014

• Filed
  May 16th, 2014

This Data Use Agreement (“Agreement”) governs the disclosure and use of data in the HCUP State Databases from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) which are maintained by the Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets (CDOM) within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The HCUP State databases include the State Inpatient Databases (SID), State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases (SASD), and State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD). Any person (“the data recipient”) seeking permission from AHRQ to access HCUP State Databases data must sign and submit this Agreement to AHRQ or its agent, and complete the online Data Use Agreement Training Course at http://www.hcup- us.ahrq.gov, as a precondition to the granting of such permission.