Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS)
| Information Data Collection Data Distribution |
Information
- Overview
Description of SPARCS - Resources
Information Bulletins, Guidelines, Listserv, Other Related Web Sites - Operations Guide
Detailed description of SPARCS Data Sources, Submission Requirements, Processing Data, File Maintenance Reports, Output User Files, Request Processing - Data Quality Initiatives
Data Collection
- Input Data Specifications (Revised July 2011)
Definitions, codes and values, and edit applications of input data elements - Expanded Outpatient Data Collection (EODC) (Revised July 2011)
Documentation of SPARCS new Expanded Outpatient Data Collection Requirements - Health Commerce System (HCS)
Getting Access to the HCS for SPARCS, Data Agreement Notification Form, SPARCS Data and Report System, Get Health Facilities Own Data (HOD) and Other Reports, Go to the HCS - Software/Documentation Downloads
- Data Collection Resources
SPARCS Training & Presentations, Results of the 2008 SPARCS Vendor Survey, Announcement Letters, SPARCS Submission Schedule, FAQs, Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Data Distribution
- Obtaining SPARCS Data Overview
Requirements/procedures on how to obtain SPARCS data for research and other purposes - Data Dictionaries:
Definitions, codes and values, and edit applications of output data elements - Reports:
- Data Submission Reports:
- Submission Reports
- Data counts and submission history reports by facility
- Annual Statistical Reports:
- Hospital Emergency Department Utilization
- Hospital Inpatient Utilization
- HCUP Partnership:
- Health Care Utilization Project (H-CUP) Partnership Statistical Briefs
- NYS Department of Health has partnered with AHRQ by providing the SPARCS data for the H-CUP project.
- Approved SPARCS Data Requests
List of approved requests for SPARCS data
