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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb79.pdf
September 01, 2009 - Types of hospitals included in HCUP
HCUP is based on data from community hospitals, defined as short-term … from the hospital, and includes the
following six categories: routine (to home), transfer to another short-term … The
NIS is nationally representative of all community hospitals (i.e., short-term, non-Federal, non-rehabilitation
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/NIS97_Overview_122104.pdf
September 01, 2002 - approximate a 20-percent sample of U.S. community hospitals, defined
by the AHA to be “all nonfederal, short-term … among community hospitals are specialty hospitals such
as obstetrics-gynecology, ear-nose-throat, short-term … ) died during hospitalization
DISP Disposition of patient (discharge status): (1) routine, (2) short
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2008_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
January 01, 2008 - Frequency Distribution for DISP_ED
DISP_ED Frequency Percent
1: Routine 99,610,335 79.72
2: Transfer: short-term … congenital anomalies 2,633 0.00
217: Other congenital anomalies 16,700 0.01
218: Liveborn 4,528 0.00
219: Short … to this same hospital 19,406,101 15.53
3: ED visit in which the patient is transferred to another short-term