SID File Composition

SID File Composition - Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin inpatient files were constructed from confidential files received from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

Which Hospitals

Wisconsin supplied discharge data abstract and uniform bills for non-federal Wisconsin hospitals. Source documentation provided by Wisconsin indicates that psychiatric facilities and alcohol and other drug abuse rehabilitation facilities are included in the Wisconsin data.

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 Wisconsin does not indicate whether stays in special units within a hospital (e.g., psychiatric, rehabilitation, long-term care) are included in the data.

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Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SID Wisconsin 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_filecompwi.jsp.

Last modified 8/11/06