TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical Research Using the National Inpatient Sample
T2 - A Brief Review of Colorectal Studies Utilizing the NIS Database
AU - Kelley, Katherine A.
AU - Tsikitis, V. Liana
N1 - Funding Information:
The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States and is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The data are collected from state organizations, hospital associations, private organizations, and the federal government. This database has been used in more than 400 disease-focused studies to examine health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes of care. The database has been maintained since 1988, making it one of the oldest on hospital data. The focus of this review is to explore and discuss the use of NIS database in colorectal surgery research and to formulate a simplified guide of the data captured for future researchers.
Funding Information:
With access to improved technology in healthcare systems, data collection and utilization has become simplified, as described by the multiple databases available for research today. The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is an example of one of these databases. It is large and maintained under the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), which is the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States, and is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The HCUP databases gather and combine data from state organizations, hospital associations, private organizations, and the federal government. This database has been used in over 400 disease-focused studies to study health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes. Few have explored if it is an accurate representation of the population. To our knowledge, no one has specifically summarized the use of the NIS in colorectal patients, which we aimed to perform. Furthermore, our goal was to delineate the strengths and weaknesses of the database to guide its use in colorectal surgery research.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States and is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The data are collected from state organizations, hospital associations, private organizations, and the federal government. This database has been used in more than 400 disease-focused studies to examine health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes of care. The database has been maintained since 1988, making it one of the oldest on hospital data. The focus of this review is to explore and discuss the use of NIS database in colorectal surgery research and to formulate a simplified guide of the data captured for future researchers.
AB - The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) is the largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States and is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The data are collected from state organizations, hospital associations, private organizations, and the federal government. This database has been used in more than 400 disease-focused studies to examine health care utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes of care. The database has been maintained since 1988, making it one of the oldest on hospital data. The focus of this review is to explore and discuss the use of NIS database in colorectal surgery research and to formulate a simplified guide of the data captured for future researchers.
KW - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
KW - National Inpatient Sample
KW - colorectal
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0038-1673352
DO - 10.1055/s-0038-1673352
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059777612
SN - 1531-0043
VL - 32
SP - 33
EP - 40
JO - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
JF - Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
IS - 1
ER -