Health Data Researcher Information

• Texas Health Data – Inpatient data in a more user-friendly form.

• Texas Health Data - Outpatient
  
  Public Use Data Files (PUDF)
• Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File
• Texas Outpatient Public Use Data File (OP PUDF)
• Texas Emergency Department Data
  
  Research Data Files (RDF) – Requires Approval from DSHS Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Texas Inpatient Research Data File (IP RDF)
• Texas Outpatient Research Data File (OP RDF)
• Texas Hospital Emergency Department Research Data File (ED RDF)

Reports

Information about Charges and Costs

• Consumer Guide to Health Care

Reports by Health Care facility

Information about Patient Safety in Hospitals

• Patient Safety Indicators

Reports About Quality of Care by Health Care facility

• Quality Indicators Reports
• Inpatient Quality Indicators in Texas
• Quality of Children's Care in Texas Hospitals
• Potentially Preventable Complications (PPC)
• Potentially Preventable Readmission (PPR)

Community Level Health Information

• Statistical Reports – General Inpatient and Outpatient Reports

• Applied Research (Non-THCIC Reports)

Commercial Health Plan Information (Health Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS)

• Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) Performance

State Law and Rules Governing the Collection of the Data Collected by THCIC

Organizations Using or Looking at the Data Collected by THCIC

Data Purchasers