Tennessee Joint Annual Report of Hospitals Data

RPC knows that data collection and working with large data sets can be a challenge, and has created the Health Data Store to serve as a continuously updated repository of health care data. The Health Data Store can provide you with customizable data, ranging from large nation-wide data sets to smaller and more pointed reports or health care snapshots. Our experience working with Tennessee Joint Annual Report (JAR) data allows us to query and package the data with confidence. We can also incorporate information from several different data sets to create in-depth, longitudinal analysis of the health care markets you are interested in. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss how the Health Data Store can help you with your information needs.

The Tennessee Department of Health collects data from hospitals operating in the state of Tennessee on an annual basis. The self-reported Joint Annual Report hospital data is organized by provider. Providers update their JARs annually, and the Department of Health then makes the files available, and the Health Data Store has the most recent update and historical data.

Some useful data elements include:

• Hospital ownership type
• Accreditations and Certifications held by the hospital
• Approved CON projects associated with the hospital
• Ambulance services, diagnostic centers, physical therapy centers and other ventures operated by the hospital
• Medical imaging services provided on inpatient and outpatient basis
• Number of operating rooms
• Outpatient rehabilitation episodes of care
• Number of patients and patient days by service type
• Number of Inpatient and Outpatient operations performed
• Gross patient charges and net revenue by payor type
• Hospital's total revenues including operating revenues
• Hospital's total expenses including payroll expenses
• Utilization by revenue source
• Admission, discharges or patient days by Major Diagnostic Categories
• Admissions, discharges and patient days by age group
• Admissions or discharges by patient origin (Kentucky counties)

The most recent year of Joint Annual Report data available is 2009.

Data Applications
We can provide custom reports, graphs and maps using this data file and combining it with other health care utilization files.

The tabulations and analysis RPC offers based on South Carolina JAR data has many potential uses for healthcare planners, financial analysts, and healthcare provider executives. RPC offers custom reports using the South Carolina JAR data, and our consultants are happy to talk to you about how we can use the file to best meet your needs. A sample of the kinds of healthcare and financial data that can be gathered from the file are included below.

• Historical analysis of patient volumes by bed type
• Comparative analysis of hospitals’ occupancy
• Market analysis of  hospital service offerings
• Comparative analysis of hospital revenues and other financial indicators
• Analysis of service line usage for obstetric and tertiary services
• Patient market share analysis by Tennessee county
• Demographic analysis of patients by age group
• Historical and comparative analysis of hospital usage by major diagnostic category