The 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) collects medical and demographic information annually from a sample of hospital discharge records. It includes patient demographics, admission and discharge details, diagnoses, procedures, and hospital characteristics. The data is coded using the INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES, 9TH REVISION, CLINICAL MODIFICATION (ICD-9-CM) and was produced by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics.
Use Cases
- Analyzing patient length of stay based on admission and discharge dates.
- Studying diagnosis and procedure patterns using ICD-9-CM codes.
- Modeling healthcare payment sources based on the payment variables.
- Investigating regional healthcare disparities based on hospital region and ownership.
Strengths
- Data is coded with the standardized ICD-9-CM system for diagnoses and procedures.
- Includes linked patient demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristic variables.
- Collected by the authoritative U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Limitations
- Row count and dataset size are 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
- 2005
- Geography
- United States