In the event that you don’t need the entirety of the available SPARCS hospital discharge data, you can request specific subsets. If that is the case, the SPARCS program can extract specific subsets of the statewide data based on certain select criteria.
This request could come from you, or the DGC and SPARCS administrator during your review process. Data extractions such as this subset type support the SPARCS program policy of providing the minimum data necessary to complete the approved project.
The following extraction criteria are currently available:
- Claim Type (IP only, ED only, or OP only)
- Patient County of Residence
- Hospital County
- Age
- Gender
- Hospital Permanent Facility Identifier (PFI)