National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1985
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics
demographic characteristics
health care facilities
hospitalization
hospitals
illness
medical care
medical evaluation
medical procedures
medical records
patients
payment methods
treatment
This annual survey was conducted to provide current data on hospitalization and morbidity in the United States. The data include basic demographic characteristics of the discharged patients (age, sex, race, ethnicity, marital status), their geographic (zip code) location, and their expected sources of payment for hospital bills. Medical information in the survey includes length of stay in hospital, discharge vital status, and type of discharge (routine, against medical advice, transferred to other short-term hospital, transferred to long-term care institution). Also included are surgical and diagnostic procedures while hospitalized, as well as principal and other final diagnoses. Hospital data are provided for geographic region of the country, number of beds, and hospital ownership (proprietary, government, nonprofit-church, nonprofit-other).
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http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08868.v1
02-16-1992
event/transaction data
survey data
medical records
United States
1985