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1081. 2015Hcup Neds 121417 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/2015HCUP_NEDS_121417.pdf
      December 14, 2017 - Recommended Citation: Barrett ML. 2015 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency

1082. Why the NIS should not be used to make State-level estimates
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nis_statelevelestimates.jsp
      January 01, 2016 - "Can I use older years of the NIS that include State identifiers to do State-level estimates?" AHRQ strongly advises researchers against using the NIS to estimate State-specific statistics. Prior to 2012, State is available as a NIS data element. However, these NIS samples were not designed to yield a representat…

1083. Nrd2010-2012 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/NRD2010-2012.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - In September 2017, AHRQ identified an error in the assignment of the data element for discharge month (DMONTH) in the HCUP Central Distributor 2010–2012 Nationwide Readmissions Database (NRD). This error led to incorrect values for some but not all records. DMONTH is mainly used for identifying index events (rathe…