SID File Composition

SID File Composition - Kentucky

This section describes the original data files obtained from data organizations in participating states and used to create HCUP databases. Information about the source of the original data files, the types of hospitals included in those files, the records excluded during HCUP processing (if any), and other pertinent information to understand the composition of these files are presented.

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Source Files

The HCUP Kentucky inpatient files were constructed from inpatient discharge files received from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health.

Which Hospitals

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, collects data from acute care licensed hospitals in Kentucky collects data from acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and Veterans Administration hospitals in Kentucky. Kentucky excluded Veterans Administration hospitals from the supplied files.

Not all hospitals report a full calendar year of data. Some hospitals close during the year; other hospitals have technical problems that prevent them from reporting a full year.

Inclusion of Stays in Special Units

The documentation supplied by Kentucky does not include whether information on stays in special units (e.g., psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term care) within the hospital are included in the data.

Exclusion of Records

Records with a discharge disposition of "still a patient" and "admitted as an inpatient to this hospital" were excluded from the HCUP Kentucky inpatient data.