Health Facilities and Services Data is a collection of records describing a single inpatient stay or outpatient encounter in Kentucky. The data come from:
Kentucky Hospitals
Inpatient
Outpatient
Emergency Department
Ambulatory Facilities
Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Ambulatory Care Centers
Specialized Medical Technology Services Providers
Mobile Health Services Providers
A limited and deidentified Public Use Data set is available to the public for a fee (details below).
Aggregate or Analytic requests for data are provided at no charge with approval.
Annual Administrative Claims Data Reports
Annual Claims Data Reports are published each year per KRS 216.2925:
List of Diagnostic and Therapeautic Labs
Utilization per ADD, County & Facility
Trends in Utilization
Map of Facilities with ED Encounters
5 Year Trending Charts of ED Encounters
By Year and Patient ADD
Percent by Primary Payor
By Year & Primary Payor
ED Encounters by ADD, County, Facility & Payor
Leading 25 Diagnoses
ED Encounters per:
Residence
Gender
Age
Race
Days of Week
Primary Payor
Most Frequent Discharge Status
Map of Facilities with Inpatient Discharges
5 Year Trending Charts of Inpatient Discharges:
Year and Area Development District
Primary Payor & Inpatient Days
Year & Primary Payor
Average Length of Stay by Year & Primary Payor
Length of Stay by Year & Primary Payor
Leading 25 Diagnoses
Inpatient Discharges per:
Residence
Gender
Age
Race
Admission Type
Primary Payor
Length of Stay
Inpatient Records
This data includes all hospital inpatient discharges. Each record includes:
Demographic Data
gender
age group
state
county
race
ethnicity
zip code
unique hospital identifier
Hospital Stay Data
admission type and source (including ED)
length of stay
diagnoses codes
procedure codes
discharge status
total charges
Grouping Codes
Major Diagnostic Category
Medicare Severity - Diagnosis Related Group
Personal identifying information, such as name, address and Social Security number are not collected. Outpatient Records
This data includes all hospital outpatient and emergency department outpatient encounters and all visits and procedures completed at ambulatory surgery centers, ambulatory care centers, specialized medical technology service providers and mobile health service providers. Each record includes:
Demographic Data
gender
age group
state
county
race
ethnicity
zip code
unique facility identifier
diagnosis codes
CPT & HCPCS codes
total charges
Public Use Dataset
Public Use Datasets can be purchased in the following ways:
- Purchase from CHFS:
- Public Use Dataset Online Request Form
- Public Use Dataset Hardcopy Request Form
- Submit the form with the Agreement For Use of Kentucky Health Claims Data and pay by postal mail.
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) database
AHRQ manages HCUP, a federal-state-industry partnership managing a family of healthcare databases. HCUP state datasets are uniform to allow researchers to easily combine and contrast data from multiple states. The datasets also include additional analyses not available through CHFS.
Public use datasets are provided in CSV format. Due to the size of the files, recipients are advised to use software such as SAS, Tableau or SQL capable of handling large datasets. Further details of the public use datasets can be found below:
Public Use Dataset File Layout
Public Use Dataset Lookup Table
Public Use Dataset Technical Notes
2020 HFSD Advisory Note
Cost per dataset
Non-profit: $500
All Others: $1,500
Request for Aggregate Data
The Office of Data Analytics responds to request for data analysis and aggregate data reports. To submit a data request, please complete our online data request form. Currently, aggregated data requests are provided at no charge. Further details related to the data used for data requests can be found below:
Health Facilities and Services Data Variables
Current Reporting Facilities
Aggregate Data Request Technical Notes
Complete Request for Aggregate Data
Health Facilities and Service Data Contact
Michael LawsonHealthcare
Data Administrator, Office of Data Analytics