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AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) data from 2001 are now available to the public. The NIS is a unique and powerful database of hospital inpatient stays. Researchers and policymakers use the NIS to identify, track, and analyze national trends in health care use, access, charges, quality, and outcomes.
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Select HCUPnet for data from the 2001 NIS.
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