SID File Composition - Rhode Island

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 Rhode Island inpatient files were constructed from hospital discharge files received from the Rhode Island Department of Health.

Which Hospitals

The Rhode Island Department of Health and Human Services collects inpatient data from their acute care general hospitals, psychiatric, and rehabilitation facilities in Rhode Island. In 2001, information on psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities were not provided to HCUP.

Inclusion of Stays in Special Units

The documentation supplied by Rhode Island 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

Records with a discharge disposition of "partial hospitalization (psychiatric hospitals)" were excluded from the HCUP Rhode Island inpatient data.

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID Rhode Island 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_filecompri.jsp.

Last modified 8/11/06