Table 2.

Administrative data sources

Data source	Owners of data	Description of data records	Derived measures
Treatment and Assessment Report Generation Tool (TARGET)	Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR)	Record of participation in publicly-funded chemical dependency treatment or detoxification services	- Number of days with outpatient treatment visit
			- Number of days of inpatient stays
			- Number of detoxification admissions
Medical records	Medical Center Site of Study	Health care encounters by date, diagnoses	- Number of inpatient hospital stays/days
			- Number of emergency department visits
			- Number of outpatient visits
			- HIV diagnosis date
			- Hepatitis diagnosis date
Billing records	Medical Center Site of Study	Cost of health care encounters by date	Cost of
			-Inpatient hospital stays
			- Emergency department visits
			- Outpatient visits-
Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS)	Washington State Department of Health (DOH)	Hospital discharge data, length of stay, up to 17 diagnoses, demographic information	- Number of inpatient hospital stays/days
Washington State Patrol Arrest Records	Washington State Patrol	All arrests in Washington State including arrest date, nature of offense, level of offense	- Number and type of felony arrests
			- Number and type of gross misdemeanor arrests
Washington State Death Records	Washington State DOH Vital Records	Information about decedent (e.g., age, date of birth, race), place of death, cause-of-death codes, injury information	- Date of death
			- Cause of death