04-12-2007
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The purpose of this data file is to provide Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data users with ratios that will allow the conversion of charge data to cost estimates. The file is constructed using all-payer, inpatient cost and charge information from the detailed reports by hospitals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It provides an estimate of all-payer inpatient cost-tocharge (C/C) for hospitals in states that participate in the 2003 SID Cost-to- Charge Central Distributor. The participating states are: AZ, FL, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, UT, WA, WI, and WV. Where permitted by HCUP State Partners, the dataset provides a hospital-specific C/C and a weighted group average.