National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1992

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Label

National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1992

Statement of responsibility

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Subject

• Illness
• Treatment
• United States -- Statistics, Medical
• Statistics
• Medical records
• Medical care
• Patients
• Hospitals
• Medical evaluation
• Hospitalization
• Medical procedures
• Demographic characteristics
• Hospital utilization -- United States
• Health care facilities
• Payment methods

Genre

• Statistics, Medical
• Statistics

Language

eng

Summary

The National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) collects medical and demographic information annually from a sample of hospital discharge records. Variables include the 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)

Member of

• ICPSR (Series), 6459

Additional physical form

Also available as downloadable files.

Cataloging source

ICPSR

Characteristic

combination

Geographic coverage

United States.

Government publication

unknown if item is government publication

Series statement

• ICPSR
• National Hospital Discharge Survey Series

Series volume

• 6459
• 6459

Target audience

specialized