General Public Information

This webpage is for people looking for general information about health care providers, the quality of care provided by health care entities (Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and health benefit plans (Commercial Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)).

Reports

Information about Charges and Costs

• Consumer Guide to Health Care

Reports by Health Care facility

Information about Patient Safety in Hospitals

• Patient Safety Indicators

Reports About Quality of Care by Health Care facility

• Quality Indicators Reports
• Inpatient Quality Indicators in Texas
• Quality of Children's Care in Texas Hospitals
• Potentially Preventable Complications (PPC)
• Potentially Preventable Readmission (PPR)

Community Level Health Information

• Preventable Hospitalizations
• Statistical Reports – General Inpatient and Outpatient Reports
• Applied Research (Non-THCIC Reports)

Commercial Health Plan Information (Health Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS)

• Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) Performance

Data

• Texas Health Data – Inpatient data in a more user-friendly form.

• Public Use Data Files (PUDF)
  • Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File
  • Outpatient Public Use Data File (OP PUDF)
  • Texas Emergency Department Data
• Research Data Files (RDF) – Requires Approval from DSHS Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • Texas Inpatient Research Data File (IP RDF)
  • Texas Outpatient Research Data File (OP RDF)
  • Texas Hospital Emergency Department Research Data File (ED RDF)
• Free PUDF Data Files
  • Texas Inpatient Public Use Data File
  • Outpatient Public Use Data File

Organizations Using or Looking at the Data Collected by THCIC

• Data Purchasers

State Law and Rules Governing the Collection of the Data Collected by THCIC

• Statutes and Rules