SID File Composition

SID File Composition - Nevada

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 Nevada inpatient files were constructed from hospital discharge files received from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Center for Health Information Analysis (CHIA) under the authority of the Nevada Division of Healthcare Financing and Policy (DHCFP).

Which Hospitals

The CHIA provided HCUP with inpatient data from acute care general, specialty, and rehabilitation hospitals in Nevada.

Inclusion of Stays in Special Units

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

Exclusion of Records

During HCUP processing, records with a discharge disposition of "still a patient" and "admitted as an inpatient" were excluded from the HCUP Nevada inpatient data.

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID Nevada 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_filecompnv.jsp.

Last modified 8/11/06