SID File Composition - North Carolina

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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The HCUP North Carolina inpatient files were constructed from hospital discharge files received from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Which Hospitals

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services collects inpatient data from acute care licensed hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, psychiatric facilities and substance abuse facilities in North Carolina. Four state psychiatric hospitals are not included.

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 North Carolina does not indicate 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" were excluded from the HCUP North Carolina inpatient data.

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID North Carolina File Composition. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). August 2006
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/siddist/siddist_filecompnc.jsp.

Last modified 8/11/06