SID File Composition

SID File Composition - Vermont

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 Vermont inpatient files were constructed from the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems inpatient discharge files. The data source identified a small number of duplicate records (less than .01% of the records) in the 2002 data file provided to HCUP.

Which Hospitals

Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems supplied discharge abstract data for inpatient stays from all licensed hospitals in the state of Vermont. This includes general acute care and one Veterans' hospital.

Inclusion of Stays in Special Units

The documentation supplied by Vermont does not indicate whether stays in special units within the hospital (e.g., psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term care) are included in the file.

Exclusion of Records

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

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID Vermont File Composition. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). March 2007
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/siddist/siddist_filecompvt.jsp.

Last modified 3/22/07