Online Application Order Form for Products from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

To support AHRQ's mission to improve health care through scientific research, HCUP databases and software tools are disseminated to users outside of the Agency through a mechanism known as the HCUP Central Distributor. The HCUP Central Distributor assists qualified researchers to access uniform research data across multiple states with the use of one application process. The HCUP databases disseminated through the Central distributor are referred to as "restricted access public release files"; that is, they are publicly available, but only under restricted conditions. The HCUP Central Distributor Online Reporting System facilitates the HCUP data users with ordering, purchasing, and re-using HCUP databases, including data applications, requesting complementary databases, submitting data re-use and data sharing requests. The website can be found at: https://cdors.ahrq.gov/ The HCUP Central Distributor User Guide provides detailed instructions on how to purchase, protect, re-use and share the HCUP data. This ICR is for the activities associated with the HCUP database application process not the collection of health care data for HCUP databases. Revisions to this ICR include a redesigned HCUP application form and reducing the number of DUAs to one state and one nationwide version.

The latest form for Online Application Order Form for Products from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) expires 2028-12-31 and can be found here.