The Timely Hospital Utilization Study (THUS) is a quarterly and monthly study that collects volume-based utilization data by hospital, including discharges, patient days, average length of stay, observation patients, inpatient and outpatient surgery, emergency department visits, visits to free-standing emergency care facilities, skilled nursing patients, live births, adjusted outpatient cases and certain cardiac procedures.
A semi-annual supplemental report collects data on number of patients in outpatient psychiatric and alcohol/chemical dependency (inpatient and outpatient), adult special care, pediatric special care, burns, medical/surgical (adult and pediatric) units, obstetrics, psychiatric unit, physical rehabilitation, hospital-based skilled nursing, hospice, and neonatal levels I, II, and III.
This study is volume-based and used primarily for planning purposes within hospitals. The Council provides public reporting on trends.
Obtaining data: In 2005, GCHC partnered with the Ohio Hospital Association to transition this study to a web-based tool. Summary data is shared, but hospital-specific information is protected and can be accessed at http://gchc.ohanet.org. Requests are subject to approval and charge, depending on the amount of time spent generating the data request. Please direct requests to Jason Bubenhofer.
Current Participants (27 hospitals)
Adams County Hospital
Bethesda North Hospital
Brown County Hospital
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
The Christ Hospital
CMH Health System/Clinton Memorial Hospital
Deaconess Hospital
Dearborn County Hospital
Drake Center
The Fort Hamilton Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Highland County Hospital
The Jewish Hospital
Margaret Mary Community Hospital
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital
Mercy Hospital -Anderson
Mercy Hospital -Clermont
Mercy Hospital -Fairfield
Mercy Franciscan Hospital - Mt. Airy
Mercy Franciscan Hospital - Western Hills
Middletown Regional Health System
St. Elizabeth Hospital North
St. Elizabeth Hospital South
St. Elizabeth Hospital Grant County
St. Luke Hospital East
St. Luke Hospital West
The University Hospital