Class 6: HCRIS Data

In this class, we’ll discuss the Hospital Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) data and how to use these data to estimate hospital prices.

Objectives

• Understand the nature of hospital pricing
• Explain HCRIS data, how the data are generated, and how the data can be used to estimate a hospital’s “price”

Activities

• Clone the Hospital Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) repository for this class and begin working with data. See also a similar repository here from Adam Sacarny