New York State hospital inpatient discharge data from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) beginning in 2009. The dataset contains counts, observed, expected, and risk-adjusted rates with confidence intervals for Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It is published by health.data.ny.gov and was last updated in May 2025.
Use Cases
- Benchmark hospital performance using Risk Adjusted Rate, Observed Rate, and Compare to National columns.
- Analyze trends in procedure utilization and mortality by Hospital Name, Year, and IQI Code.
- Assess statistical significance of quality measures using Lower 95CI RAR and Upper 95CI RAR columns.
- Compare regional healthcare outcomes by aggregating data based on Hospital County and Hospital Region.
Strengths
- Data is calculated using a standardized methodology from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
- Includes confidence intervals (Lower 95CI RAR, Upper 95CI RAR) for risk-adjusted rates, supporting statistical analysis.
- Provides multi-year coverage from 2009 onward, allowing for longitudinal study.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- health.data.ny.gov via the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS).
- Collection Method
- Calculated from SPARCS inpatient administrative data using AHRQ IQI methodology; US Census data used for area-level denominators.
- Time Range
- Beginning 2009
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-05-02 18:47:15
- Geography
- New York State, United States (by Hospital County and Hospital Region).