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National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2006

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Summary: 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 ... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22745.v1

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