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National Hospital Discharge Survey. Annual summary.
- Format:
- Government document
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- DHHS publication ; no. (PHS)
- Vital and health statistics. Data from the National Health Survey Series 13,
- 1987-1998: DHHS publication ; no. (PHS)
- 1987-1993, 1995: Vital and health statistics. Series 13, Data from the National Health Survey
- 1994, 1996-1998: Vital and health statistics. Series 13, Data from the National Health Care Survey
- Standardized Title:
- National Hospital Discharge Survey. Annual summary (Online)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Hospital Discharge Survey (U.S.)--Periodicals.
- National Hospital Discharge Survey (U.S.).
- Hospital utilization--United States--Statistics--Periodicals.
- Hospital utilization.
- Hospital utilization--Length of stay--United States--Statistics--Periodicals.
- United States--Statistics, Medical--Periodicals.
- United States.
- Hospital utilization--Length of stay.
- Genre:
- Statistics, Medical.
- Periodicals.
- Statistics.
- Medical statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 12 volumes : digital, PDF files.
- Annual
- Began with 1987, published in 1989; ceased with 1998, published in 2000.
- Other Title:
- Annual summary
- Continued By:
- Detailed diagnoses and procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey
- National Hospital Discharge Survey. Annual summary with detailed diagnosis and procedure data (Online)
- Place of Publication:
- Hyattsville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: Internet at the NCHS Web site. Address as of 3/14/07: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/listpubs.htm; current access available via PURL.
- Summary:
- Presents statistics on the utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals based on data collected through the National Hospital Discharge Survey from a national sample of the hospital records of discharged inpatients. Estimates are provided by the demographic characteristics of patients discharged, geographic region of hospitals, conditions diagnosed, and surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed. Measurements of hospital use include frequency, rate and percent of discharges and days of care, and average length of stay.
- Notes:
- Issued by: Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics, 1987-1990; by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 1991-1998.
- Merged with: Detailed diagnoses and procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, to form: National Hospital Discharge Survey. Annual summary with detailed diagnosis and procedure data (Online).
- Description based on: 1987; title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 13, 2009).
- Latest issue consulted: 1998 (viewed Nov. 13, 2009).
- Other Format:
- Print version: National Hospital Discharge Survey. Annual summary
- OCLC:
- 46636399
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