Common Contracts

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

March 23rd, 2021

• Filed
  March 23rd, 2021

This Data Use Agreement (“Agreement”) governs the disclosure and use of data in the HCUP Databases from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) which are maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). [For State Databases] The HCUP State databases include the State Inpatient Databases (SID), State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases (SASD), and State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD). [For Nationwide Databases] The HCUP Nationwide databases include the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS), Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID), Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS), Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), and Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD). Any person (“the data recipient”) seeking permission from AHRQ to access HCUP Nationwide Databases must sign and submit this Agreement to AHRQ or its agent, and complete the online Data Use Agreement Training Course at www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov, as a precondition to the granting of such per