On June 26, 2008, Governor Huntsman announced the "Working 4 Utah" initiative. As part of the initiative, the Office of Health Care Statistics will be going to the four-day work week beginning August 4, 2008. Our office will be open for business from 7 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Thursday and will be closed on Friday.
Public Data Sets
Inpatient, Ambulatory Surgeries, Emergency Department Encounters
Public use data sets (PDS) are designed to provide general health care information to a wide spectrum of users with minimal controls. Considerable efforts are taken to ensure that individual patients cannot be identified from the PDS. Patient’s age, diagnosis codes, physician’s specialty, and payers are grouped and several data elements are encrypted under specific conditions. This data is available in two different data sets on CD ROM. See the online order form or the printable order form for pricing or call 801-538-7048.
2006 Inpatient Hospital Discharge Data (previous years available 1992 - 2005)
Data Elements 
Inpatient Users Manual
2006 Ambulatory Surgery Data (previous years available 1996 - 2005)
Data Elements
Ambulatory Surgery Users Manual
2006 Emergency Department Data (previous years available 1996 - 2005)
Data Elements
Emergency Department Users Manual
Research-Oriented Data Set
This restricted data set includes additional confidential data elements collected in the hospital discharge abstract and is available to researchers that have obtained Institutional Review Board and HDC approval for bona fide health care cost, quality, and access research. Available for $3,150 on CD ROM. Call 801-538-7048 or fax or mail the request form.