SPARCS IQI: Hospital Inpatient Quality Indicators by Patient County, 2015

Hospital Inpatient Discharges (SPARCS De-Identified) data from health.data.ny.gov provides counts and risk-adjusted rates for Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) by patient county for calendar year 2015. The dataset contains hospital discharge counts, observed, expected, and risk-adjusted rates with 95% confidence intervals, calculated using AHRQ methodology from SPARCS inpatient data. It was last updated on April 2, 2025.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking county-level hospital quality by comparing Observed_Rate and IQI Value across different Counties.
• Analyzing procedure volume and utilization trends using Numerator and Denominator columns for specific IQI Code measures.
• Assessing statistical significance of quality indicators by examining the 95% confidence intervals implied by the reported rates.

Strengths

• Data is calculated using established AHRQ methodology for Inpatient Quality Indicators.
• Includes risk-adjusted rates with 95% confidence intervals for statistical reliability.
• Covers a specific calendar year (2015) for temporal consistency.
• Aggregated from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) inpatient data.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2015; freshness for current analysis should be verified against more recent releases.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov, derived from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS).

Collection Method

Calculated from SPARCS inpatient administrative data using AHRQ methodology and US Census denominators.

Time Range

Calendar Year 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-02 14:20:57; data reflects 2015 discharges.

Geography

Patient counties within New York State (implied by SPARCS data source).