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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/nedscorrections.jsp
February 01, 2013 - In Version 2, these hospitals were reclassified to be included in the sampling frame at their appropriate … In Version 3, these hospitals were reclassified to be included in the sampling frame at their appropriate
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/Introduction_to_KID_2000.pdf
January 01, 2000 - The sampling frame is limited to pediatric discharges from community, non-rehabilitation
hospitals for … The sampling frame is limited to pediatric discharges from community, non-rehabilitation hospitals for … Instead, the KID includes a sample of pediatric discharges from all hospitals in the sampling
frame. … For the sampling, we stratified pediatric discharges by uncomplicated in-hospital birth,
complicated … We then used systematic random sampling to select 10 percent of
uncomplicated in-hospital births and
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_2000.jsp
January 01, 2000 - Inpatient Stays
State-Specific Restrictions
Contents of CD-ROM Set
NIS Data Elements
SAMPLING … In order to improve the representativeness of the NIS, the sampling and weighting strategy was modified … The full descriptions of this process can be found in the special report on Changes in NIS Sampling … Stratification Variables
To help ensure generalizability, five hospital sampling strata were defined … The hospitals were sorted according to these variables prior to systematic random sampling.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nedsoverview.jsp
November 01, 2024 - Beginning with data year 2022, emergency departments (EDs) in New Mexico are included in the NEDS sampling … records representing admissions directly from the ED to the same hospital were excluded from the NEDS sampling … EDs included in the NEDS sampling frame were required to have two types of ED records reported in the
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/nrdchecklist.jsp
November 01, 2024 - Return to top
Research Design
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Learn how to account for the NRD sampling design. … Accounting for the sampling design is critical for accurate analyses. … For more information, review the "Sampling Design of the NRD" section of the Introduction to the NRD
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_1999.jsp
January 01, 1999 - Inpatient Stays
State-Specific Restrictions
Contents of CD-ROM Set
NIS Data Elements
SAMPLING … In order to improve the representativeness of the NIS, the sampling and weighting strategy was modified … The full descriptions of this process can be found in the special report on Changes in NIS Sampling … Stratification Variables
To help ensure generalizability, five hospital sampling strata were defined … The hospitals were sorted according to these variables prior to systematic random sampling.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/HCUP_Overview/HCUP_Overview/index508.jsp
October 01, 2022 - All discharges from those community hospitals comprise the SID; there is no sampling of hospitals or … Sampling
The NIS consists of a stratified systematic sample of discharges from all hospitals in … Because the NIS sampling frame is not designed with "State" as a stratification variable, State-level … Sampling The NEDS approximates a 20% sample of hospital-owned emergency departments in the U.S. … Sampling Strata
NRD Sampling Strata Variables
Discharges are post-stratified in the NRD on the basis
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/nis_stratum/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - 100-174
175+
Urban, teaching
1-199
200-324
325+
Some strata were combined for sampling … Bedsize
ST_BEDSZ
H_BEDSZ
HOSP_BEDSIZE
HOSP_BEDSIZE
For detailed information about the NIS sampling
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS_Introduction_1998.jsp
January 01, 1998 - In order to improve the representativeness of the NIS, the sampling and weighting strategy was modified … The full descriptions of this process can be found in the special report on Changes in NIS Sampling … For more detailed descriptions of the sampling design, refer to the year-specific special reports Design … Stratification Variables
To help ensure generalizability, five hospital sampling strata were defined … The hospitals were sorted according to these variables prior to systematic random sampling.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/NRD_Introduction_2013.jsp
January 01, 2013 - DESIGN OF THE NRD
Target Universe
Sampling Frame
Discharge Weights
Post-Stratification for … Return to Introduction
SAMPLING DESIGN OF THE NRD
The NRD was built to facilitate analyses … All of the discharges in the sampling frame were included making the NRD a sample of convenience. … We use the term post-stratification because the stratification was performed after sampling. … Variance estimates must take into account both the sampling design and the form of the statistic.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/2004niscomparisonrpt.jsp
May 01, 2016 - Sampling probabilities were calculated to select 20 percent of the universe in each stratum defined by … The sampling frame for the NIS is based on AHA Survey data. … Statistics from the NHDS are considered geographically representative because the NHDS sampling frame … These include:
Random variation between the two samples
Differences in sampling strategies … The AHA-derived sampling weights in the NIS yield discharge counts consistent with the AHA universe,
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/Comparison_Report_NIS11988-92Final.pdf
July 11, 1996 - However, the NIS sampling frame was constructed from the subset
of universe hospitals that released … To improve the generalizability of the NIS estimates, five hospital sampling strata were used:
1. … The
NHDS sampling frame includes very few specialty hospitals such as psychiatric,
maternity, alcohol … Statistics calculated from the NHDS do have sampling error. … Medicare discharge statistics calculated
from this source have no sampling error associated with them
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/NRDIntroduction2022.pdf
December 01, 2024 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17
Sampling … Sampling Frame
The sampling frame for the NRD was limited to discharges for patients treated at community … All of the discharges
in the sampling frame were included, making the NRD a sample of convenience. … Discharge Weights
This section explains the need for post-stratification for weighting the sampling … Variance estimates must take into account both the sampling design and
the form of the statistic.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2005_06.pdf
January 01, 2005 - The
sampling strata were defined based on five hospital characteristics: geographic region,
hospital … Hospitals were excluded from the sampling frame if the
coding of patient race was suspect (i.e., more … The sampling and weighting strategy used for the disparities
analysis file is similar to the method … There is no sampling error associated with Claritas population counts. … For Claritas population counts, there is no sampling
error.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_8.pdf
January 01, 2006 - The
sampling strata were defined based on five hospital characteristics: geographic region,
hospital … Hospitals were excluded from the sampling frame if the
coding of patient race was suspect (i.e., more … The sampling and weighting strategy used for the disparities
analysis file is similar to the method … There is no sampling error associated with Claritas population counts. … For Claritas population counts, there is no sampling
error.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Sampling Frame
The sampling frame for the NRD was limited to discharges for patients treated at community … All of the discharges
in the sampling frame were included making the NRD a sample of convenience. … Discharge Weights
This section explains the need for post-stratification for weighting the sampling … We use the term post-stratification because the
stratification was performed after sampling. … Variance estimates must take into account both the sampling design and
the form of the statistic.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb194-Inpatient-Mortality-High-Volume-Conditions.pdf
November 01, 2014 - We did not use the 2012 NIS because the sampling design and
universe definition was revised. … It is drawn from a sampling frame that
contains hospitals comprising more than 95 percent of all discharges … Over time, the sampling
frame for the NIS has changed; thus, the number of States contributing to the … The new sampling strategy is expected to result in more precise estimates than those that resulted from … the previous NIS design by reducing sampling error: for many estimates, confidence intervals under
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/Comparison_Report_NIS61997Final.pdf
August 09, 2000 - To improve the generalizability of the NIS estimates, five hospital sampling strata were used:
1. … The NHDS sampling frame includes very few specialty
hospitals such as psychiatric, maternity, alcohol … Statistics calculated from the NHDS do have sampling error. … However, the statistics are
assumed to be unbiased because the sampling frame is relatively unrestricted … Medicare discharge statistics from
this source have no sampling error associated with them, because this
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2007_03.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Sampling probabilities were calculated to select 20 percent of the universe in each stratum
defined … The sampling frame for the NIS is based on AHA
Survey data. … Statistics from the NHDS are considered geographically representative because the
NHDS sampling frame … These
include:
• Random variation between the two samples
• Differences in sampling strategies … The AHA-derived sampling weights in the NIS yield discharge
counts consistent with the AHA universe,
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2019.jsp
January 01, 2019 - DESIGN OF THE NRD
Target Universe
Sampling Frame
Discharge Weights
Post-Stratification for … Sampling Frame
The sampling frame for the NRD was limited to discharges for patients treated at community … All of the discharges in the sampling frame were included, making the NRD a sample of convenience. … Discharge Weights
This section explains the need for post-stratification for weighting the sampling … Variance estimates must take into account both the sampling design and the form of the statistic.