Skip Navigation Bar   HCUP and the National Health Care Survey
HCUP and the National Healthcare Survey both provide information
collected from providers.    1. Go to the HCUP website and the
NHCS website   2. Find the material that describes these surveys
3. Look for the report of the number of people who were treated
for the complications of diabetes from each source.   1. What
are the main differences between these two sources of data?   2.
What are the differences in the reported results?   3. Identify
the strengths and weaknesses of each source based on your
examination of the procedures and results?