National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2006

The 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) collects medical and demographic information annually from a sample of hospital discharge records. Variables include patients' demographic characteristics (sex, age, race, marital status), dates of admission and discharge, source and type of ad...

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Autor Corporativo: United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics. VerfasserIn (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Research Data
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2008
En:Año: 2008
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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health care facilities
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Illness
Medical care
medical evaluation
medical procedures
medical records
Patients
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Sumario:The 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) collects medical and demographic information annually from a sample of hospital discharge records. Variables include patients' demographic characteristics (sex, age, race, marital status), dates of admission and discharge, source and type of admission, status at discharge, final diagnoses, surgical and nonsurgical procedures, dates of surgeries, and sources of payment. Information on hospital characteristics such as bedsize, ownership, and region of the country is also included. The medical information is coded using the INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, 9TH REVISION, CLINICAL MODIFICATION (ICD-9-CM).
DOI:10.3886/ICPSR22745.v1