Updated HCUP Facts and Figures Report Released:

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the release of databases, tools, and reports from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). HCUP is a family of health care databases and related products developed by AHRQ through a federal-state-industry partnership.

The HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States, 2006 report presents data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database on hospital care in 2006, as well as trends in care from 1993 to 2006. It is an update of the Facts and Figures 2005 report and also contains new special topics.

Additionally, three reports from the HCUP Statistical Brief series have been recently added to the HCUP User Support Web site:

1. Hospital Stays Related to Mental Health, 2006 (HCUP Statistical Brief #62)

2. Hospital Stays for Lung Cancer, 2006 (HCUP Statistical Brief #63)

3. Hospitalizations Related to Pressure Ulcers among Adults 18 Years and Older, 2006 (Statistical Brief #64)

All are available at: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs.jsp

For more information, visit: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov.