Data Set Name: NIS_1994_HOSPITAL_ALTWT Number of Observations: 904 Total Record Length: 27 Total Number of Data Elements: 3 Columns Description: ======= ============ 1- 3 Database name 5- 8 Discharge year of data 10- 25 File name 27- 29 Data element number 31- 59 Data element name 61- 63 Starting column of data element in ASCII file 65- 67 Ending column of data element in ASCII file 69 Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric data element 71- 74 Data element type (Num=numeric; Char=character) 76-175 Data element label NIS 1994 HOSPITAL_AltWt 1 HOSPID 1 5 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 1994 HOSPITAL_AltWt 2 DISCWT 6 16 7 Num Post-1997 weight to discharges in AHA universe NIS 1994 HOSPITAL_AltWt 3 HOSPWT 17 27 7 Num Post-1997 weight to hospitals in AHA universe