Data Set Name: NIS_TRENDS_XPORT_1988 Number of Observations: 5265756 Total Record Length: 378 Total Number of Variables: 87 Columns Description: ======= ============ 1- 3 Database name 5- 8 Discharge year of data 10- 25 File name 27- 29 Variable number 31- 59 Variable name 61- 63 Starting column of variable in ASCII file 65- 67 Ending column of variable in ASCII file 69 Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric variable 71- 74 Variable type (Num=numeric; Char=character) 76-175 Variable label NIS 1988 " 1 SEQ 1 13 Num I:HCUP-3 record sequence number NIS 1988 " 2 DX1 14 18 Char I:Principal diagnosis NIS 1988 " 3 DX2 19 23 Char I:Diagnosis 2 NIS 1988 " 4 DX3 24 28 Char I:Diagnosis 3 NIS 1988 " 5 DX4 29 33 Char I:Diagnosis 4 NIS 1988 " 6 DX5 34 38 Char I:Diagnosis 5 NIS 1988 " 7 DX6 39 43 Char I:Diagnosis 6 NIS 1988 " 8 DX7 44 48 Char I:Diagnosis 7 NIS 1988 " 9 DX8 49 53 Char I:Diagnosis 8 NIS 1988 " 10 DX9 54 58 Char I:Diagnosis 9 NIS 1988 " 11 DX10 59 63 Char I:Diagnosis 10 NIS 1988 " 12 DX11 64 68 Char I:Diagnosis 11 NIS 1988 " 13 DX12 69 73 Char I:Diagnosis 12 NIS 1988 " 14 DX13 74 78 Char I:Diagnosis 13 NIS 1988 " 15 DX14 79 83 Char I:Diagnosis 14 NIS 1988 " 16 DX15 84 88 Char I:Diagnosis 15 NIS 1988 " 17 NDX 89 90 Num I:Number of diagnoses on this discharge NIS 1988 " 18 PR1 91 94 Char I:Principal procedure NIS 1988 " 19 PR2 95 98 Char I:Procedure 2 NIS 1988 " 20 PR3 99 102 Char I:Procedure 3 NIS 1988 " 21 PR4 103 106 Char I:Procedure 4 NIS 1988 " 22 PR5 107 110 Char I:Procedure 5 NIS 1988 " 23 PR6 111 114 Char I:Procedure 6 NIS 1988 " 24 PR7 115 118 Char I:Procedure 7 NIS 1988 " 25 PR8 119 122 Char I:Procedure 8 NIS 1988 " 26 PR9 123 126 Char I:Procedure 9 NIS 1988 " 27 PR10 127 130 Char I:Procedure 10 NIS 1988 " 28 PR11 131 134 Char I:Procedure 11 NIS 1988 " 29 PR12 135 138 Char I:Procedure 12 NIS 1988 " 30 PR13 139 142 Char I:Procedure 13 NIS 1988 " 31 PR14 143 146 Char I:Procedure 14 NIS 1988 " 32 PR15 147 150 Char I:Procedure 15 NIS 1988 " 33 AWEEKEND 151 152 Num Admission day is a weekend NIS 1988 " 34 DISPUNIFORM 153 154 Num Disposition of patient (uniform) NIS 1988 " 35 DXCCS1 155 158 Num CCS: principal diagnosis NIS 1988 " 36 DXCCS2 159 162 Num CCS: diagnosis 2 NIS 1988 " 37 DXCCS3 163 166 Num CCS: diagnosis 3 NIS 1988 " 38 DXCCS4 167 170 Num CCS: diagnosis 4 NIS 1988 " 39 DXCCS5 171 174 Num CCS: diagnosis 5 NIS 1988 " 40 DXCCS6 175 178 Num CCS: diagnosis 6 NIS 1988 " 41 DXCCS7 179 182 Num CCS: diagnosis 7 NIS 1988 " 42 DXCCS8 183 186 Num CCS: diagnosis 8 NIS 1988 " 43 DXCCS9 187 190 Num CCS: diagnosis 9 NIS 1988 " 44 DXCCS10 191 194 Num CCS: diagnosis 10 NIS 1988 " 45 DXCCS11 195 198 Num CCS: diagnosis 11 NIS 1988 " 46 DXCCS12 199 202 Num CCS: diagnosis 12 NIS 1988 " 47 DXCCS13 203 206 Num CCS: diagnosis 13 NIS 1988 " 48 DXCCS14 207 210 Num CCS: diagnosis 14 NIS 1988 " 49 DXCCS15 211 214 Num CCS: diagnosis 15 NIS 1988 " 50 ECODE1 215 219 Char E code 1 NIS 1988 " 51 ECODE2 220 224 Char E code 2 NIS 1988 " 52 ECODE3 225 229 Char E code 3 NIS 1988 " 53 ECODE4 230 234 Char E code 4 NIS 1988 " 54 E_CCS1 235 238 Num CCS: E Code 1 NIS 1988 " 55 E_CCS2 239 242 Num CCS: E Code 2 NIS 1988 " 56 E_CCS3 243 246 Num CCS: E Code 3 NIS 1988 " 57 E_CCS4 247 250 Num CCS: E Code 4 NIS 1988 " 58 ELECTIVE 251 252 Num Elective versus non-elective admission NIS 1988 " 59 FEMALE 253 254 Num Indicator of sex NIS 1988 " 60 MDNUM1_S 255 270 Char Physician 1 number (synthetic) NIS 1988 " 61 MDNUM2_S 271 286 Char Physician 2 number (synthetic) NIS 1988 " 62 NECODE 287 289 Num Number of E codes on this record NIS 1988 " 63 PRCCS1 290 292 Num CCS: principal procedure NIS 1988 " 64 PRCCS2 293 295 Num CCS: procedure 2 NIS 1988 " 65 PRCCS3 296 298 Num CCS: procedure 3 NIS 1988 " 66 PRCCS4 299 301 Num CCS: procedure 4 NIS 1988 " 67 PRCCS5 302 304 Num CCS: procedure 5 NIS 1988 " 68 PRCCS6 305 307 Num CCS: procedure 6 NIS 1988 " 69 PRCCS7 308 310 Num CCS: procedure 7 NIS 1988 " 70 PRCCS8 311 313 Num CCS: procedure 8 NIS 1988 " 71 PRCCS9 314 316 Num CCS: procedure 9 NIS 1988 " 72 PRCCS10 317 319 Num CCS: procedure 10 NIS 1988 " 73 PRCCS11 320 322 Num CCS: procedure 11 NIS 1988 " 74 PRCCS12 323 325 Num CCS: procedure 12 NIS 1988 " 75 PRCCS13 326 328 Num CCS: procedure 13 NIS 1988 " 76 PRCCS14 329 331 Num CCS: procedure 14 NIS 1988 " 77 PRCCS15 332 334 Num CCS: procedure 15 NIS 1988 " 78 NIS_STRATUM 335 338 Num H:Stratum used to post-stratify hospital NIS 1988 " 79 TOTAL_DISC 339 344 Num H:Total hospital discharges NIS 1988 " 80 HOSP_BEDSIZE 345 346 Num Bed size of hospital NIS 1988 " 81 HOSP_CONTROL 347 348 Num Control/ownership of hospital NIS 1988 " 82 HOSP_LOCATION 349 350 Num Location (urban/rural) of hospital NIS 1988 " 83 HOSP_LOCTEACH 351 352 Num Location/teaching status of hospital NIS 1988 " 84 HOSP_REGION 353 354 Num Region of hospital NIS 1988 " 85 HOSP_TEACH 355 356 Num Teaching status of hospital NIS 1988 " 86 DISCWT 357 367 7 Num New Weight to discharges in AHA universe using Stratum NIS 1988 " 87 HOSPWT 368 378 7 Num New Weight to hospitals in AHA universe using Stratum