Hospital-Acquired Infections in New York State, Beginning 2008

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) collects reports on hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) from all acute care hospitals. The dataset includes observed and predicted infection counts, confidence limits, and denominators for specific procedures and pathogens like Clostridium difficile. Data is reported annually from 2008 onward and includes hospital names, facility IDs, and geospatial columns for location.

Use Cases

• Benchmark hospital performance using Indicator Value, Infections Observed, and Infections Predicted across different Indicator Name categories.
• Analyze geographic trends in infection rates using New Georeferenced Column (city), Counties, and NYS Senate Districts.
• Model the statistical significance of reported rates using Indicator Upper Confidence Limit and Indicator Lower Confidence Limit.
• Assess infection burden by procedure or pathogen type by grouping data by Indicator Name and Year.

Strengths

• Mandatory reporting from all acute care hospitals in New York State provides a consistent source.
• Includes statistical confidence intervals (Indicator Upper/Lower Confidence Limit) for reported values.
• Contains multiple geospatial reference columns (city, zip, address, state) for location-based analysis.
• Covers multiple specific infection types and surgical procedures as listed in the description.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-02-25 15:00:45; freshness should be verified.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) via health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Mandatory reporting by acute care hospitals.

Time Range

Beginning 2008

Freshness

Last updated date is 2026-02-25.

Geography

New York State, USA