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Hospital Annual Utilization Data Notes
In addition to the annual and quarterly financial reports, all non-federal hospitals licensed in California must file an annual utilization report with the Office at the end of each calendar year. Beginning in 2002, hospitals began submitting data to OSHPD through a Internet based reporting system known as ALIRTS (Automated Licensing Information and Report Tracking System). Once a report is submitted and meets edit criteria, it immediately becomes available to the public via ALIRTS (Advanced Search). After all individual hospital reports are received and approved, OSHPD creates the Hospital Annual Utilization Database from which the following products are produced.
Complete Database
The complete database of annual utilization data reported by hospitals contains basic licensing information including bed classifications; patient demographics including occupancy rates, the number of discharges and patient days by bed classification, and the number of live births; as well as information on the type of services provided including the number of surgical operating rooms, number of surgeries performed (both inpatient and outpatient), the number of cardiovascular procedures performed, and licensed emergency medical services provided. The documentation, including report forms, is available for each reporting year.
Important Note about Preliminary and Final Utilization data:
Starting with the 2005 annual utilization data file, there will be two phases of data released. The preliminary data file released in the spring will contain data that has passed the prescribed set of fatal errors in the ALIRTS system and was therefore accepted into OSHPD. The second data file released in the fall will be the desk-audited data and is considered the final version of the annual utilization data file. Please note that this preliminary set of data will only be live and downloadable on the web page up and to the point that the final version is released and then the preliminary data file will be replaced by the final data file. The pivot tables will be created in the fall for the desk audited data.
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Other Utilization Data Available:
Primary Care and Specialty Clinics | Long Term Care | Home Health Agencies and Hospices
Attention Data Users: Please exercise caution when interpreting OSHPD data. The use of improper assumptions and analytical methods may result in erroneous or misleading conclusions. Conclusions drawn from OSHPD data are the sole responsibility of the user. Users should be aware that financial and utilization data products are based on a dynamic database that is constantly being updated. As a result, the same data item for a facility may change over time or be different between products.