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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/glossary/
January 01, 2022 - Discharge – The unit of analysis for HCUP data is the hospital encounter , not a person or patient … Discharge status – The disposition of the patient at discharge from the hospital, e.g., routine (home … For ED visits that result in discharge (no hospital admission), it may not be the principal procedure … Readmissions in HCUPnet are 30-day readmissions, thus, the discharge date for the index stay must occur … Secondary procedures – Additional procedures that appear on the discharge record with the first-listed
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datatools.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/
June 30, 2024 - The unit of analysis is the hospital discharge (i.e., the hospital inpatient stay), not a person or patient … CLABSI surveillance after patient discharge from a facility is not required. … However, if a postdischarge CAUTI is discovered, any CAUTI with a date of event on the day of discharge … Records were excluded if the discharge date was not within the period of interest, if the total length … The unit of analysis is the hospital discharge (i.e., the hospital inpatient stay), not a person or patient
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/methodology/
January 01, 2023 - This includes the following discharge dispositions from the ED visit: routine; home health care; left … The DRG grouper first assigns the discharge to a major diagnostic category (MDC) based on the principal … If the discharge involves an operating room procedure, it is assigned to one of the surgical DRGs within … For 30-day readmissions, the discharge date for the index stay must occur between January and November … When more than one payer is listed for a hospital discharge, the first-listed payer is used.
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January 01, 2025 - Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis in the NIS is the hospital discharge (i.e., the inpatient stay … Counts are summarized by discharge year. … Costs are not imputed if total charges are not reported on the discharge record. … It is calculated by subtracting the admission date from the discharge date. … In-Hospital Mortality
In-hospital mortality is determined by the discharge disposition of the patient
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/faq/
January 01, 2023 - categories include only minor procedures, which are often underreported on hospital administrative discharge … procedure is not expected to affect reimbursement for the inpatient stay and therefore is not coded on the discharge … There may be a limit on the number of procedure codes that can be reported on the hospital discharge
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcup-fast-stats/faq/
January 01, 2022 - MDC, the CCS approach assigns approximately 0.9 percent fewer cases to “maternal” because a maternal discharge … the MDC approach, the CCS approach assigns 0.1 percent fewer cases to “neonatal” because a neonatal discharge … What if we are interested in obtaining the discharge counts? … Rates are calculated based on the actual quarterly discharge counts, which are available as rounded values … The exported data file also includes rates calculated based on annual discharge counts.
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/
January 01, 2022 - The SID includes inpatient discharge records from community hospitals in that State. … The SID includes inpatient discharge records from community hospitals in that State.
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/what-is-hcup/
January 01, 2022 - largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States, encompassing all-payer, discharge-level
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datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/resources-addressing-disparities-and-improving-quality/
January 01, 2022 - racial and ethnic disparities in health status and health care
AHRQ
State Uses of Hospital Discharge … that participate in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and their clients use hospital discharge
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datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/nhqdr-data-spotlight-and-infographics-factsheets/
January 01, 2022 - Care Transitions
Practice Facilitation Handbook
Quality Measures Tools & Resources
Re-Engineered Discharge
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datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr/glossary/
January 01, 2022 - Typically, readmissions are measured 7, 14, 15 or 30 days after discharge from the initial visit.
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January 01, 2025 - We adjust the discharge counts for hospitals that were not included in the SID (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/ … We also adjust the discharge weights for hospitals that have missing discharge quarters of data, provided … Discharge weights are specific to the data year for SID through 2017 (e.g., discharge weights for the … Costs are not imputed if total charges are not reported on the discharge record. … It is calculated by subtracting the admission date from the discharge date.
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January 01, 2024 - Counts are summarized by discharge year.