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Nationwide Emergency Department Sample

Alternate Titles(s): NEDS

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Description
The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) is part of a family of databases and software tools developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). NEDS is the largest all-payer emergency department (ED) database in the United States, yielding national estimates of hospital-based ED visits. One of the most distinctive features of the NEDS is its large sample size, which allows for analysis across hospital types and the study of relatively uncommon disorders and procedures.
Publisher
U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Timeframe
2006 - Present
Local Expert
Shooshan Danagoulian
Subject Domain
Medicine & Health
Population Age
Aged (80 years and over)
Newborn (under 1 month)
Infant (1 to 23 months)
Child (2 to 12 years)
Adolescent (13 to 17 years)
Adult (18 to 64 years)
Senior (65 to 79 years)
Keywords
Emergency department
Access via Local Expert

Access Restrictions
WSU personnel only
Fee required
Access Instructions
NEDS data years 2006 to 2016 were purchased by Wayne State University (WSU). Potential users who are WSU personnel can request access to the purchased data by contacting the local expert. Prior to using NEDS data, all individuals are required to complete the online HCUP Data Use Agreement Training Tool. Other users can purchase NEDS data through the HCUP Central Distributor.
Associated Publications
AT Janke, CD McNaughton, AM Brody, RD Welch, PD Levy. Trends in the Incidence of Hypertensive Emergencies in US Emergency Departments From 2006 to 2013. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5(12):e004511
CD McNaughton, WH Self, Y Zhu, AT Janke, AB Storrow, P Levy. Incidence of Hypertension-Related Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2006 to 2012. Am J Cardiol. 2015;116(11):1717-1723
Data Type
Administrative
Dataset Format(s)
CSV, SAS
Dataset Size
15GB per year