/***************************************************************************** * Stataload_NIS_2004_HOSPITAL_TrendWt.Do * This program will load the 2004 NIS ASCII HOSPITAL_TrendWt File into Stata. * Because Stata loads the entire file into memory, it may not be possible * to load every data element for large files. If necessary, edit this * program to change the memory size or to load only selected data elements. *****************************************************************************/ *** Set available memory size *** set mem 500m *** Read data elements from the ASCII file *** infix int YEAR 1- 4 /// long HOSPID 5- 9 /// double TRENDWT 10- 20 /// using "NIS_2004_HOSPITAL_TrendWt.ASC" *** Assign labels to the data elements *** label var YEAR "Calendar year" label var HOSPID "HCUP hospital identification number" label var TRENDWT "Weight to discharges in the universe" *** Convert special values to missing values *** recode YEAR (-999 -888 -666=.) recode TRENDWT (-99.9999999 -88.8888888 -66.6666666=.) save "NIS_2004_HOSPITAL_TrendWt.dta", replace