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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb227-Emergency-Department-Visit-Trends.pdf
December 01, 2016 - Patients may have been discharged home, transferred to another acute
care facility, left against medical … to another long-term or immediate care
facility (nursing home or psychiatric treatment facility), discharged … In 2014, although the majority of patients discharged from the ED were discharged home (94.5 percent) … transferred to another acute care facility (1.7 percent), left against medical advice
(1.8 percent), were discharged … facility; 1.5 percent), were referred to home health care (0.2 percent), died (0.2
percent), or were discharged
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NISIntroduction2010.pdf
November 01, 2015 - to Home or Self
Care (Routine Discharge), (2)
Discharged/transferred to a Short-Term
Hospital for … Inpatient Care, (3)
Discharged/transferred to a Skilled
Nursing Facility (SNF), (4)
Discharged/transferred … to an
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), (5)
Discharged/transferred to a Designated
Cancer Center … not defined elsewhere
(Effective prior to 10/1/07), (6)
Discharged/transferred to Home under
care … /transferred to a Medicare
certified Long Term Care Hospital
(LTCH), (64) Discharged/transferred to
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - to Home or Self
Care (Routine Discharge), (2)
Discharged/transferred to a Short-Term
Hospital for … Inpatient Care, (3)
Discharged/transferred to a Skilled
Nursing Facility (SNF), (4)
Discharged/transferred … to an
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), (5)
Discharged/transferred to a Designated
Cancer Center … not defined elsewhere
(Effective prior to 10/1/07), (6)
Discharged/transferred to Home under
care … /transferred to a Medicare
certified Long Term Care Hospital
(LTCH), (64) Discharged/transferred to
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_2009_INTRODUCTION.pdf
January 01, 2009 - to Home or Self
Care (Routine Discharge), (2)
Discharged/transferred to a Short-Term
Hospital for … Inpatient Care, (3)
Discharged/transferred to a Skilled
Nursing Facility (SNF), (4)
Discharged/transferred … to an
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), (5)
Discharged/transferred to a Designated
Cancer Center … not defined elsewhere
(Effective prior to 10/1/07), (6)
Discharged/transferred to Home under
care … /transferred to a Medicare
certified Long Term Care Hospital
(LTCH), (64) Discharged/transferred to
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2020_Core_MaskedStats_Weighted.PDF
January 01, 2020 - 20: Died in ED 231,626 0.19
98: Not admitted to this hospital, destination unknown 71,500 0.06
99: Discharged … admitted to this same hospital, destination unknown 71,500 0.06
99: ED visit in which the patient is discharged
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb229-Homeless-ED-Visits-2014.jsp
October 01, 2017 - treat-and-release ED visits that resulted in discharge from the ED, which includes patients who were routinely discharged … , who were transferred to another type of healthcare facility, who were discharged against medical advice … resulted in inpatient stays and are based on all-listed diagnoses for records where the patient was discharged … not result in an admission to the same hospital (i.e., patients who are treated in the ED and then discharged
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb122.jsp
October 01, 2011 - 16.7%
16.3%
Discharge status, (in percentages)
Routine discharge‡
40.5%
31.3%
Discharged … to other short term hospital‡
3.2%
3.7%
Discharged to long term care‡
29.6%
33.9% … Discharged to home healthcare‡
9.4%
13.8%
Septicemia as a secondary diagnosis
Number … Over time, more patients were discharged to nursing homes and other long term care facilities and to
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb85.pdf
January 01, 2010 - The average age of
patients discharged from rural hospitals was 51.1, about 4.5 years higher than that … of patients
discharged from urban hospitals (46.6 years). … 343.9
Elective admissions (percentage) 25.4 24.6 24.6
In-hospital deaths (percentage) 2.1 1.9 1.9
Discharged … to another institution (nursing
home, rehab) (percentage) 14.5 12.1 12.4
Discharged to another short-term
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/2015HCUP_NEDS_121417.pdf
December 14, 2017 - o Nine months of the calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from January
1, 2015 – September … o Three months of calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from October 1,
2015 –December 31, 2015
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2015_Core_MaskedStats_Weighted.PDF
January 01, 2015 - Died in ED 179,302 0.12
98: Not admitted to this hospital, destination unknown 11,317,660 7.89
99: Discharged … admitted to this same hospital, destination unknown 11,317,660 7.89
99: ED visit in which the patient is discharged
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/figures/2007_5_3a.jsp
January 01, 2007 - Exhibit 5.3 Discharge Status by Payer
Discharge Status by Payer, 2007
Medicare
Medicaid
Private Insurance
Uninsured
Routine
51
88
86
87
Long-term Care and Other Facilities
27
4
4
4
Home Health Care
15
4
7
3
Another Short-term Hospital
3
2
2…
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/figures/2007_5_3b.jsp
January 01, 2007 - Exhibit 5.3 Discharge Status by Payer
Discharges Against Medical Advice by Payer, 2007
Medicare
Medicaid
Private Insurance
Uninsured
Other
All discharges
36
19
35
6
4
Discharges against medical advice
27
27
19
22
5
Note: Includes discharges classified as …
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2017-01.pdf
January 01, 2017 - questionable patient linkage numbers, defined as 20 or more
discharges in a year, hospitalized after discharged … Combining Multiple Years of the NRD
The NRD are annual files containing inpatient records for patients discharged … The files include patients admitted in the prior year and discharged in the current year,
while excluding … patients admitted to a hospital in the current year but discharged in the next
year. … readmission outcomes, such as underlying rates among discharges within
hospitals, because the patients discharged
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/siddist/siddist_discharge.jsp
September 01, 2025 - SID: File Composition - Number of Discharges by Year
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb100.pdf
November 01, 2010 - While the majority of treat-and-release patients
(93.7%) were discharged home, some were transferred … or
psychiatric treatment facility) (1.6%), referred to home health care (0.2%) or died (0.2%), or discharged … **Overall, with treat-and-release cases, the majority of patients (93.7%) were discharged home or to
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb144.jsp
December 01, 2012 - Hospital stays by discharge status, 1997-2010
Nearly three-quarters of all hospital stays were routinely discharged … The number of stays discharged to follow-on care increased between 1997 and 2010: discharge to home healthcare … In 2010, the most common payer for patients discharged against medical advice was Medicaid (32 percent
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb121.pdf
September 01, 2011 - The 30-day
readmission rate is defined as any repeat admission within 30
days after being discharged … Readmission
The 30-day readmission rate is defined as any repeat admission within 30 days after being discharged … In other words, once a patient is
discharged from the hospital with a principal diagnosis of COPD, they
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/NEDS2015Introduction.pdf
December 01, 2017 - o Nine months of the calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from January
1, 2015 – September … o Three months of calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from October 1,
2015 –December 31, 2015 … Three months of calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from
October 1, 2015 –December 31 … o Nine months of the calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from January
1, 2015 – September … • Three months of calendar year 2015 data (ED visits discharged from October 1, 2015 –
December 31
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/projections/2012-02.pdf
January 01, 2012 - If a patient is admitted and discharged on the same day, the length of stay is zero. … If a patient is admitted and discharged
on the same day, the length of stay is zero. … If a patient is admitted and discharged
on the same day, the length of stay is zero. … If a patient is admitted and discharged
on the same day, the length of stay is zero. … If a patient is admitted and discharged
on the same day, the length of stay is zero.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/NIS_2012_Redesign_report.jsp
January 01, 2012 - Care, (3) Discharged/transferred to a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), (4) Discharged/transferred to … Hospital (Effective 10/1/07), (5) Discharged/transferred to another type of institution not defined … /transferred to a Medicare certified Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH), (64) Discharged/transferred to a … Nursing Facility certified by Medicaid, but not certified by Medicare, (65) Discharged/transferred to … a Psychiatric Hospital or Psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital, (66) Discharged/transferred