A Special Note About Ordering Data

• Inpatient and Outpatient data are large files


• Typical Inpatient data for a single quarter includes more than 500,000 records.


• Typical Outpatient data for a single quarter can include more than 700,000 records.


• Commercially available database software such as Microsoft Access, SPSS, SAS and many others may be required to manipulate the data.


• Skill with the software may be necessary to utilize the data fully.


• Alternatives in obtaining information from the data exist.

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Total Hospital Inpatient Discharges by Quarter
1992 - 2009

Report Year	1 QTR Hospital Inpatient	2 QTR Hospital Inpatient	3 QTR Hospital Inpatient	4 QTR Hospital Inpatient	Total Hospital Inpatient
1992	474,020	443,488	430,452	452,572	1,800,532
1993	482,907	448,884	436,391	459,776	1,827,958
1994	493,804	452,970	441,325	466,836	1,854,935
1995	506,150	462,310	452,490	478,707	1,899,657
1996	514,373	467,533	458,174	490,605	1,930,685
1997	536,360	498,135	487,875	514,476	2,036,846
1998	552,569	514,745	498,142	529,553	2,095,009
1999	571,485	524,991	514,137	544,510	2,155,123
2000	588,403	539,800	542,076	571,230	2,241,509
2001	614,990	577,069	565,517	585,560	2,343,136
2002	620,532	584,489	581,952	599,688	2,386,661
2003	629,777	600,495	595,100	619,222	2,444,594
2004	652,591	613,770	600,973	623,379	2,490,713
2005	659,925	627,645	622,763	624,576	2,534,909
2006	667,130	628,252	620,659	638,958	2,554,999
2007	669,261	632,396	622,278	639,708	2,563,643
2008	672,678	635,426	624,638	638,936	2,571,678
2009	673,363	560,567*			1,233,930

* Quarter not 100% certified

Effective October 7, 2009

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Total Ambulatory Outpatient Visits by Quarter
1997 - 2009

Report Year	1 QTR Ambula- tory Patient	2 QTR Ambula- tory Patient	3 QTR Ambula- tory Patient	4 QTR Ambula- tory Patient	Total Ambula- tory Patient
1997	578,495	588,996	582,996	577,106	2,327,593
1998	630,918	630,573	604,738	645,246	2,511,475
1999	641,322	627,464	603,597	620,686	2,493,069
2000	692,201	673,791	646,609	663,906	2,676,507
2001	714,181	711,829	664,146	696,440	2,786,596
2002	743,660	762,906	733,246	728,313	2,968,125
2003	669,722	673,916	662,903	668,015	2,674,556
2004	710,508	710,182	640,898	687,555	2,749,143
2005	717,894	729,246	689,720	673,664	2,810,524
2006	751,802	746,780	721,671	733,408	2,953,661
2007	789,441	783,922	754,127	773,816	3,101,306
2008	806,751	803,180	756,136	766,959	3,133,026
2009	771,123	503,381*			1,274,504

* Quarter not 100% certified

Effective October 7, 2009 

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Total Emergency Department Visits by Quarter
2005 - 2009

Report Year	1 QTR		2 QTR		3 QTR		4 QTR		Grand Total
	Emer- gency Depart- ment Visits	Emer- gency Depart- ment Admis- sions to In- patient	Emer- gency Depart- ment Visits	Emer- gency Depart- ment Admis- sions to In- patient	Emer- gency Depart- ment Visits	Emer- gency Depart- ment Admis- sions to In- patient	Emer- gency Depart- ment Visits	Emer- gency Depart- ment Admis- sions to In- patient
2005	1,472,251	360,574	1,411,372	333,718	1,435,208	325,932	1,429,544	333,112	7,101,711
2006	1,502,461	368,104	1,442,665	338,038	1,416,994	327,943	1,456,755	344,467	7,197,427
2007	1,483,025	374,195	1,416,233	347,147	1,424,788	335,893	1,468,180	352,386	7,201,847
2008	1,550,593	383,605	1,456,137	356,305	1,446,332	345,858	1,490,758	362,407	7,391,995
2009	1,596,343	396,682	861,063*	325,442*					3,179,530

* Quarter not 100% certified

Effective October 7, 2009

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Alternatives

If you do not have the software capability for such large data files, or lack the resources to access information from the data, the Office of Data Dissemination within the Florida Center for Health Statistics may be able to assist you with a custom report. A service charge will apply for each custom data request.

For further information regarding custom data requests, please contact:

Mrs. Arlene Schwan
Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, MS 16
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 921-0550
schwahna@ahca.myflorida.com

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