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Dataset: American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database (AHA Annual Survey Database)
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Dataset Full Name | American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database |
| Dataset Acronym | AHA Annual Survey Database |
| Summary | The AHA annual survey of hospitals in the United States is administered online. The survey is comprised of questions related to the following domains: organization structure (e.g., ownership status, services provision, and national identifiers); facilities and services provided (by institutions themselves, through contracts, by other partnering facilities); total facility beds, utilization, finances, and staffing (beds and length of stay, source of payment, revenues and expenses, assets, non-reimbursed care, information technology investment, staffing information); community benefits; and management diversity. The AHA can be used independently or through linkages with other CMS and non-CMS datasets to report trends, performance, and quality indicators. |
| Key Terms | Hospital Characteristics (Organizational Structure, Facilities and Services Provided, Total Facility Beds, Utilization, Finances, and Staffing), Community Benefits, Management Diversity |
| Study Design | Longitudinal |
| Data Type(s) |
Administrative |
| Sponsoring Agency/Entity | American Hospital Association (AHA) | Health Conditions/Disability Measures |
| Health Condition(s) | NA |
| Disability Measures | NA | Measures/Outcomes of Interest |
| Topics | Types of Hospitals from survey: General medical and surgical, Hospital unit of an institution (prison hospital, college infirmary, etc.), Hospital unit within an institution for those with intellectual disabilities Surgical; Psychiatric; Tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases; Cancer; Heart; Obstetrics and gynecology; Eye, ear, nose and throat; Rehabilitation Orthopedic, Chronic disease, Other specialty, Children’s general, Children’s hospital unit of an institution, Children’s psychiatric, Children’s tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases Children’s eye, ear, nose and throat; Children’s rehabilitation; Children’s orthopedic; Children’s chronic disease; Children’s other specialty; Institution for those with intellectual disabilities Acute long-term care, Alcoholism and other chemical dependency, Children's acute long-term care |
Sample |
| Sample Population | Hospitals (members of the American Hospital Association) |
| Sample Size/Notes | ~6,500 hospitals |
| Unit of Observation | Hospital & Provider |
| Continent(s) | North America |
| Countries | United States |
| Geographic Coverage | National |
| Geographic Specificity | Zip Code | Data Collection |
| Data Collection Mode | Administrative |
| Years Collected | 2011-present |
| Data Collection Frequency | Annual | Strengths and Limitations |
| Strengths | Comprehensive information about hospitals/providers. Ideal for building nested and hierarchical models. Data can be linked with other CMS/non-CMS datasets. Good resource for health policy research-related data. |
| Limitations | Documentation and variable information is limited. Reasons for changes in structure of a facility (provider) are undocumented. Utility as stand-alone dataset is limited. | Data Details |
| Primary Website | http://www.ahadata.com/ |
| Data Access | |
| Data Access Requirements | Data Use agreement, $ Cost |
| Summary Tables/Reports | |
| Data Components | NA | Selected Papers |
| Other Papers | |
| Technical | AHA Annual Survey Database ™Documentation: https://www.ahadataviewer.com/additional-data-products/AHA-Survey/ |
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