nmm 22 4500 ICPSR02620 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130525s1999 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR02620 MiAaI MiAaI National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1996 [electronic resource] United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics 2006-04-05 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1999 ICPSR 2620 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-25. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. 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). Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02620.v2 demographic characteristics icpsr health care facilities icpsr hospitalization icpsr hospitals icpsr illness icpsr medical care icpsr medical evaluation icpsr medical procedures icpsr medical records icpsr patients icpsr payment methods icpsr treatment icpsr RCMD V. Health and Well-Being ICPSR IX. Health Care and Health Facilities NACDA VI. Health Care Needs, Utilization, and Financing for Older Adults United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02620.v2