1993 data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), an annual sample of U.S. hospital discharge records. It includes patient demographics, admission and discharge dates, diagnoses, procedures, payment sources, and hospital characteristics. The data is collected and coded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services using the ICD-9-CM classification system.
Use Cases
- Analyzing patient length of stay based on admission and discharge dates.
- Studying diagnosis and procedure trends using ICD-9-CM coded medical information.
- Investigating healthcare access and payment disparities based on demographic and payment source variables.
- Profiling hospital characteristics such as bedsize and ownership against patient outcomes.
Strengths
- Includes multiple data categories: patient demographics, medical diagnoses, procedures, and hospital characteristics.
- Medical information is standardized using the ICD-9-CM coding system.
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
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics
- Collection Method
- Annual sample of hospital discharge records.
- Time Range
- 1993
- Geography
- United States