The Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) is a comprehensive data reporting system established in 1979 as a result of cooperation between the health care industry and government. SPARCS currently collects patient level detail on patient characteristics, diagnoses and treatments, services, and charges for every hospital discharge, ambulatory surgery patient, and emergency department...

The Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) is a national census data system of annual admissions (TEDS-A) to and discharges (TEDS-D) from substance abuse treatment facilities. TEDS collects this data from the States on all admissions and discharges aged 12 or older. TEDS provides information on service setting, treatment details, and demographic variables.

The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) is a series of nationally representative sample surveys of U.S. home health and hospice agencies. It is meant to provide descriptive information on home health and hospice agencies, their staff, their services, and their patients. Information collected on agencies includes the year an agency was established, the types of services provided, referral...