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    • Drug Use Data from Selected Hospitals

    Metadata Updated: July 26, 2025

    The National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) collects data on patient care in hospital-based settings to describe patterns of health care delivery and utilization in the United States. Settings currently include inpatient and emergency departments (ED). From this collection, the NHCS contributes data that may inform emerging national health threats such as the current opioid public health emergency. The 2022 - 2024 NHCS are not yet fully operational so it is important to note that the data presented here are preliminary and not nationally representative.

    The data are from 24 hospitals submitting inpatient and 23 hospitals submitting ED Uniform Bill (UB)-04 administrative claims from October 1, 2022–September 30, 2024. Even though the data are not nationally representative, they can provide insight into the use of opioids and other overdose drugs. The NHCS data is submitted from various types of hospitals (e.g., general/acute, children’s, etc.) and can show results from a variety of indicators related to drug use, such as overall drug use, comorbidities, and drug and polydrug overdose. NHCS data can also be used to report on patient conditions within the hospital over time.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 16, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 26, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P2M

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date September 16, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date July 26, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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    Data First Published 2022-09-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-25
    Category National Center for Health Statistics
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    Data Update Frequency R/P2M
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    Homepage URL https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/dhcs/drug-use/index.htm
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
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    Program Code 009:020
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    Temporal 2023-01-01/2024-12-31

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