KID Database Documentation

KID Database Documentation - Archive

The KID is a set of pediatric hospital inpatient databases included in the HCUP family. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership.

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Description of KID Files Introduction to the KID 2000 (PDF file, 215 KB) 1997 (PDF file, 14 KB) Sources of KID Data and State-Specific Restrictions 2000 (PDF file, 106 KB)	Description of Data Elements in the KID 2003 KID Data Elements Core, letters A-L (PDF file, 1,548 KB) Core, letters M-Z (PDF file, 1,209 KB) Hospital (PDF file, 228 KB) Severity (PDF file, 360 KB) 2000 KID Data Elements Core (PDF file, 1,085 KB) Hospital (PDF file, 228 KB) 1997 KID Data Elements (PDF file, 222 KB)

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Internet Citation: HCUP KID Archive. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). April 2008
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/kidarchive.jsp.

Last modified 4/2/08