North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data Descriptive Statistics

The North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data resource provides inpatient, outpatient, and emergency room statistics for patients at the county level, including demographic information, diagnoses, procedures, length of stay, and discharge status. The data are stratified by age and race and ethnicity. When applicable, the data can be accessed by hospital, facility, and payer. Besides descriptive statistics, users can visually explore and analyze the data through graphs and maps from the data source.

Data can be used for quality improvement in healthcare, such as reducing hospital readmissions, decreasing length of stay, and improving patient outcomes.