Diabetes130US: 10 Years of Inpatient Diabetes Care at 130 US Hospitals

Over 50 features represent patient and hospital outcomes for inpatient encounters from 1999 to 2008. The data was extracted by Yoontae Hwang, Youngbin Lee, and Yongjae Lee from 130 US hospitals and integrated delivery networks for diabetic patients with a hospital stay of 1 to 14 days. It includes attributes such as patient demographics, admission details, lab tests, medications, and prior healthcare utilization.

Use Cases

• Predicting hospital readmission risk based on patient history and lab results mentioned in the description
• Analyzing patterns in medication administration and length of stay for diabetic patients
• Studying disparities in clinical care based on demographic features like race, gender, and age
• Modeling the relationship between the number of lab tests performed and patient outcomes

Strengths

• Covers 10 years of clinical data from 1999 to 2008
• Includes over 50 features per patient record, spanning demographics, lab results, and hospital details
• Data is sourced from 130 US hospitals and integrated delivery networks, suggesting a multi-institutional scope

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Yoontae Hwang, Youngbin Lee, Yongjae Lee

Collection Method

Extracted from clinical care databases of 130 US hospitals and integrated delivery networks for inpatient diabetic encounters.

Time Range

1999-2008

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

United States