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DISPUniform indicates the disposition of the patient at discharge (routine, transfer to another hospital, died, etc.). To ensure uniformity of coding across data sources, DISPUniform combines detailed categories in the more general groups. For example,
- Transfers to facilities other than short-term hospitals (skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and other type of facilities) are coded as DISPUniform = 5.
- Transfers to Home Health Care (including IV providers and Hospice home care) are coded as DISPUniform = 6.
DISPUB04 and DISPUB92 has more detailed categories for transfers and Home Health Care and distinguishes patients that died in the hospital from those that died outside of the hospital.
The following table lists how the values of DISPUB04 map to the values of DISPUniform:
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Coding of DISPUB04 into DISPUniform
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DISPUB04
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DISPUniform
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Value
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Description
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Value
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Description
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| 1 |
Discharged to Home or Self Care (Routine Discharge) |
1 |
Routine |
| 21 |
Court/Law Enforcement |
| 2 |
Discharged/transferred to a Short-Term Hospital for Inpatient Care |
2 |
Transfer to Short-term Hospital |
| 5 |
Effective 10/1/07: Discharged/transferred to a Designated Cancer Center or Children's Hospital |
| 9 |
Admitted as an inpatient to this hospital - valid only on outpatient data |
| 43 |
Discharged/transferred to a Federal Health Care Facility |
| 66 |
Discharged/transferred to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) |
| 3 |
Discharged/transferred to a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) |
5 |
Transfer Other: Includes Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), Another Type of Facility |
| 4 |
Discharged/transferred to an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) |
| 5 |
Effective prior to 10/1/07: Discharged/transferred to another type of institution not defined elsewhere |
| 51 |
Hospice - Medical Facility |
| 61 |
Discharged/transferred to a Hospital-Based Medicare approved Swing Bed |
| 62 |
Discharged/transferred to an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) including Rehabilitation Distinct part unit of a hospital |
| 63 |
Discharged/transferred to a Medicare certified Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) |
| 64 |
Discharged/transferred to a Nursing Facility certified by Medicaid, but not certified by Medicare |
| 65 |
Discharged/transferred to a Psychiatric Hospital or Psychiatric distinct part unit of a hospital |
| 70 |
Effective 10/1/07: Discharged/transferred to another type of institution not defined elsewhere |
| 6 |
Discharged/transferred to Home under care of Organized Home Health Service Organization |
6 |
Home Health Care (HHC) |
| 8 |
Home IV Provider |
| 50 |
Hospice-Home |
| 7 |
Left Against Medical Advice or Discontinued Care |
7 |
Against Medical Advice (AMA) |
| 20 |
Expired |
20 |
Died |
| 40 |
Expired at home |
99 |
Discharge alive, destination unknown |
| 41 |
Expired in a Medical Facility |
| 42 |
Expired - place unknown |
| 99 |
Discharged alive, destination unknown |
| . |
Missing |
. |
Missing |
| .A |
Invalid |
.A |
Invalid |
The next table lists how the values of DISPUB92 map to the values of DISPUniform:
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Coding of DISPUB92 into DISPUniform
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DISPUB92
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DISPUniform
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Value
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Description
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Value
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Description
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| 1 |
Routine |
1 |
Routine |
| 71 |
Another institution for outpatient services. Value was added beginning in the 2000 HCUP data. |
| 72 |
This institution for outpatient services. Value was added beginning in the 2000 HCUP data. |
| 2 |
Short-term Hospital |
2 |
Transfer to Short-term Hospital |
| 9 |
Admitted as an inpatient to this hospital. Valid only on outpatient data. Value was added beginning in the 2001 HCUP data. |
| 43 |
Federal health facility |
| 3 |
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) |
5 |
Transfer Other: Includes Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Intermediate Care Facility (ICF), Another Type of Facility |
| 4 |
Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) |
| 5 |
Another Type of Facility |
| 51 |
Hospice - Medical Facility |
| 61 |
Within this institution to a hospital-based Medicare approved swing bed. Value was added beginning in the 2000 HCUP data. |
| 62 |
Discharge, transferred to another rehabilitation facility including rehabilitation distinct part units of a hospital. Value was added beginning in 2001 HCUP data. |
| 63 |
Discharge, transferred to a long term care hospital swing bed. Value was added beginning in the 2001 HCUP data. |
| 64 |
Discharge, transferred to a nursing facility certified by Medicaid, but not certified by Medicare. Value was added beginning in the 2002 HCUP data. |
| 65 |
Discharge, transferred to a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric distinct unit of a hospital. Value was added beginning in the 2004 HCUP data. |
| 6 |
Home Health Care (HHC) |
6 |
Home Health Care (HHC) |
| 8 |
Home IV Provider |
| 50 |
Hospice-Home |
| 7 |
Against Medical Advice (AMA) |
7 |
Against Medical Advice (AMA) |
| 20 |
Died in Hospital |
20 |
Died |
| 40 |
Died at Home. Prior to the 2001 data, value 40 "Died at Home" was mapped to missing (.). |
99 |
Discharge alive, destination unknown. Value was added beginning in the 2001 data. |
| 41 |
Died in Medical Facility. Prior to 2001 data, value 41 "Died in Medical Facility" was mapped to missing (.). |
| 42 |
Died, place unknown. Prior to the 2001 data, value 42 "Died, place unknown" was mapped to missing (.). |
| 99 |
Discharged alive, destination unknown. Value was added beginning in the 2001 data. |
| . |
Missing |
. |
Missing |
| .A |
Invalid |
.A |
Invalid |
DISP_X retains the disposition of patient as provided by the data source.
DISP_X is not available on the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).
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