Texas Health Care Information Collection (THCIC)

• Indicators of Inpatient Care in Texas Hospitals
• Quality of Children’s Care in Texas Hospitals
• Database search by Hospitals or by Metropolitan Area

Statistical Reports

• Statistical Briefs
• Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in Texas
• Preventable Hospitalizations
• Utilization Review: Specific Inpatient Procedures by Texas Hospital Referral Region

Consumer Guide to Health Care

• Quality of Care
• Charges for Health Care Services

HMO Performance

Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Performance

• Guide to HMO Quality

Data

• Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File (IP PUDF)
• Texas Inpatient Research Data File (IP RDF) (must be approved for release by the DSHS IRB)
• Texas Outpatient Public Use Data File (OP PUDF)
• Texas Outpatient Research Data File (OP RDF) (must be approved for release by the DSHS IRB)
• List of Data Purchasers (Last updated on December 21, 2012)

Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Center Reporting Requirements

• Hospitals (inpatients)
• Hospitals (outpatients), Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Radiology Centers
• Inpatient and Outpatient Numbered Letters

HMO Reporting Requirements

• Health Maintenance Organizations

THCIC maintains a Registry of Health Care Providers and Referral Groups available to provide life-sustaining treatment or other services relating to the Texas Advance Directives Act.