Orthopedic Discharge Records from a Chinese County Hospital (2014-2025)

Twelve years of de-identified orthopedic discharge records from a county-level hospital in Jiangsu Province, China, spanning from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2025. The dataset includes two versions: a full set of 55,791 records and an analytic subset of 55,787 records filtered for primary orthopedic admissions. It was created to examine health equity, seasonal patterns, and the impact of DRG payment reform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal admission patterns for orthopedic conditions.
• Studying the impact of DRG payment reform on hospital discharge metrics.
• Investigating health equity in access to orthopedic care at the county level.
• Modeling bed utilization and patient flow between hospital departments.

Strengths

• Covers a 12-year period from 2014 to 2025, providing a long-term view of trends.
• Includes two clearly defined versions for different analytic purposes, with one containing 55,787 records.
• Has explicit ethical approval from the Haimen District People's Hospital Ethics Committee.

Limitations

• Column names and specific data fields are not provided, limiting understanding of the dataset's granularity.
• The description is duplicated across sources, suggesting limited independent metadata validation.
• The future end date (2025) indicates the dataset may be partially projected or updated prospectively.

Provenance

Source

De-identified discharge records from the orthopedic ward of a county-level hospital in Jiangsu Province, China.

Collection Method

Hospital administrative discharge records.

Time Range

2014-01-01 to 2025-12-31

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-05-08.

Geography

Jiangsu Province, China.