RT Research Data T1 National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1986 LA English PP Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar PB [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] YR 1989 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902800001 AB The 1986 National Hospital Discharge Survey is the latest in a continuing sample of hospital discharge records, collecting medical and demographic information for calculating statistics on hospital utilization. This survey consists of data abstracted from the face sheets of the medical records for sampled inpatients discharged from a national sample of nonfederal short-stay hospitals. The variables include information on the patient's demographic characteristics (sex, age, date of birth, race, marital status), dates of admission and discharge, status at discharge, diagnoses, procedures performed, source of payment, and hospital characteristics of bedsize, ownership, and region of the country. K1 demographic characteristics K1 health care facilities K1 Hospitalization K1 Hospitals K1 Illness K1 Medical care K1 medical evaluation K1 medical procedures K1 medical records K1 Patients K1 payment methods K1 Treatment K1 Forschungsdaten DO 10.3886/ICPSR09095.v1