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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 … PSI-04: Death for Surgical Inpatients With Serious Treatable Complications
Methodology … The CMS Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), including CMS PSI 04 Death Rate Among Surgical Inpatients … key data elements were missing, or the dates of service and discharge disposition were inconsistent … 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 - HCUPnet uses the default CCSR for the principal diagnosis for inpatient data and the default CCSR for … These DRGs and MDCs begin with 2008 data for the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS), Kids’ … Inpatient Database (KID), and State Inpatient Databases (SID). … There is a CCR file for inpatient discharges for use with the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample … When more than one payer is listed for a hospital discharge, the first-listed payer is used.
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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 … coded on the discharge record. … There may be a limit on the number of procedure codes that can be reported on the hospital discharge … patients (aged 0-20 years) in the HCUP Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID). … These include:
Children only
Available as an option under the Inpatient Setting dashboard.
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/glossary/
January 01, 2022 - element = NACHTYPE in the 1997-2009 Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID); no longer available in the 2012 … 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 … discharge data to identify potential quality of care problems. … discharge data to identify “ambulatory care sensitive conditions.”
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcup-fast-stats/faq/
January 01, 2022 - the MDC approach, the CCS approach assigns 0.1 percent fewer cases to “neonatal” because a neonatal discharge … The estimates in the State-specific trends in inpatient stays are based on data from the HCUP State Inpatient … 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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January 01, 2025 - Data Notes & Methods
Inpatient Stays
The national estimates are drawn from the HCUP National (Nationwide … 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.
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datatools.ahrq.gov/hcupnet/
January 01, 2022 - The data tool provides healthcare statistics and information for hospital inpatient and emergency department … Data are from the HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) of participating States. … The SID includes inpatient discharge records from community hospitals in that State. … The SID includes inpatient discharge records from community hospitals in that State. … For more information about HCUP data see http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/
Inpatient Readmission
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January 01, 2025 - If all hospitals in a stratum are represented in the State data, then we set the discharge weight to … 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 … is often unavailable (e.g., discharge weights for the 2018 SID use 2017 AHA data). … It is calculated by subtracting the admission date from the discharge date.
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January 01, 2024 - The Data Notes & Methods worksheet contains the same data notes and methods viewed on the HCUP Fast Stats … an admission (i.e., treat-and-release visits and transfers to other hospitals), and the HCUP State Inpatient … Counts are summarized by discharge year. … based on data from the U.S. … (See Data Notes & Methods).