As a condition of obtaining access to SPARCS hospital discharge data, all requesters are required to provide the SPARCS program with a copy of any non-proprietary report, article, manuscript, or any other derivative based upon the use or analysis of SPARCS data, before submission for publication or publicly posting.
SPARCS program staff will review submissions for small cell size adherence, alignment with approved research/use, and appropriate inclusion of the disclaimer (see below).
The "I have a publication approval request or final publication to submit." form on the Zendesk Support Site must be used for both new requests for publication approval, and any completed and published materials after SPARCS approval.
For proprietary uses of SPARCS data, including creating dashboards or other online tools, you may be required to provide documentation or a demonstration of functionality before consideration by the SPARCS Data Governance Committee.
For more details on the requirements for publication, see the publication guidelines on the Department's website here.