National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1993

The 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, status at discharge, final...

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Corporate Author: United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 1996
In:Year: 1996
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
demographic characteristics
health care facilities
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Illness
Medical care
medical evaluation
medical procedures
medical records
Patients
payment methods
Treatment
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Summary:The 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, 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/ICPSR06698.v1