The Vermont Uniform Hospital Discharge Data System consists of inpatient discharge data, outpatient procedures and services data, and emergency department data. Each data file includes:

  • Case-specific diagnostic discharge data
  • Some socio-demographic characteristics of the patient
  • Medical reason for the admission
  • Treatment and services provided to the patient
  • Duration and status of the patient's stay in the hospital
  • Full, undiscounted total and service-specific charges billed by the hospital

Vermont’s rich hospital discharge data are available to state agencies, providers, payers and health care researchers seeking data for health research in the public interest. These de-identified patient-level data files support analyses of topics as hospital utilization patterns and market shares, the patient care continuum, comparative charges and outcomes in acute care hospitals, and preventable hospitalizations.

Reports, Public Use Files and Documentation

Look in the tables below for recent and archived annual reports and information on public use data files and related documentation.

* UPDATED November 19, 2018 * The Inpatient Public Use Files for 2014, 2015 and 2016 have been updated to make the files consistent with regard to calculations of primary procedure. These updates will not impact you if you use only the outpatient or ED data files.Reports for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are not updated.

The 2014 and 2015 Vermont Hospitals Reports and all Public Use Files for 2014 and 2015 have been revised as of May 8, 2017. These revisions are the result of changes in the 2014 outpatient procedures data, which then required revisions to references to the 2014 data in the 2015 report. If you use only inpatient or ED data, these revisions should not impact you.

About Vermont Hospital Utilization Reports and Discharge Data System

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact Us
If you have questions, please reach out.

Jeffrey Ross

VT Dept of Health
280 State Drive
Waterbury VT, 05671-8370
Jeffrey.Ross@vermont.gov

If you want to request public use files, click on the link below or here to complete the Webform request.

https://gmcboard.vermont.gov/webform/VUHDDS-PUF

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