The Oregon Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Program obtains calendar year inpatient hospitalization data annually. These data are accessed by the Oregon EPHT Program through an agreement between the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS). Further information on OAHHS is located at <http://www.oahhs.org>.
Basic data verification procedures are completed by OAHHS on a regular basis. At this time ODPE does not have unique patient identifiers in the hospital inpatient dataset.
, 20080510, Oregon EPHT Nationally Consistent Data and Measures (NCDMs): Asthma and Myocardial Inpatient Hospitalizations.
Health Outcome ID, State, County, Admission Year, Admission Month, Age Group, Sex, Transfer Exclusion, Transfer Method
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To provide data for the National Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Network consistent with the guidance for creating asthma and myocardial infarction inpatient hospitalization Nationally Consistent Data and Measures (NCDMs).
Person who carried out this activity:
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, Asthma and myocardial inpatient hospitalization counts by county, year and month of admission, age group, and gender of Oregon residents.
These data include inpatient hospitalizations of individuals who are discharged from fifty-seven acute care hospitals in Oregon. These data are based only on primary discharge diagnosis codes (ICD9-CM). Race and ethnicity are not reported in the dataset due to issues with the quality of the data collection process at individual hospitals.
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Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints:
- Restricted (secure) data will only be released to external users after the Oregon EPHT Program Senior Research Analyst who is responsible for managing data requests has reviewed the request. The request must include an Application for Release of Restricted Data along with a Data Use Agreement and, if deemed necessary, a research protocol and proof of approval by, or exemption from, an Institutional Review Board (IRB) formed and maintained in accordance with the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Code of Federal Regulations for Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR 46, revised March 8, 1983).
Oregon Institutional Review Board information is available at: <http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/irb/index.shtml>. The Oregon Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards Policy is located at <http://www.dhs.state.or.us/policy/admin/privacy/100_005.htm>
- Use_Constraints:
- This information is provided by the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program of the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) through agreement with the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS). Efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the data. However, no responsibility is assumed by the Oregon EPHT, DHS or OAHHS, related to materials or how it is represented by those who access this information. All users must read and fully comprehend metadata prior to data use.
Data may only be used in the manner specified in the data request/IRB proposal. Data will not be released, furnished, disclosed, published, or otherwise disseminated to any person except for employees under supervision of data requestor, who has agreed in writing to comply with these conditions. If these data are linked with other records or databases, use of the resulting linked data base must comply with conditions of the data use agreement.
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XML file OregonHospitalizations Hosp_NCDM0006, size = 97,169 KB.
In preparation of this data, every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, complete, and clearly expressed information possible. Nevertheless, some errors in the data may exist. This data does not represent the official legal version of source document or data used to compile this data. Oregon EPHT reserves the right to make changes to these data. Persons or entities given access to restricted data are liable for compliance with Oregon data use agreements.
For access to unrestricted public use national and multistate data, please see: www.nationalephtn.org. For access to unrestricted public use Oregon data please see <http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/epht>.For access to restricted or secure data please see Access Constraints section for release of restricted data.
(971) 673-0977 (voice)
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epht.ohd@state.or.us