| ELECTIVE - Elective versus non-elective admission |
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| General Notes |
| Uniform Values |
| State Specific Notes |
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ELECTIVE indicates whether the admission to the hospital was elective. This information was derived from the type of admission (ATYPE). If the admission type indicated an elective admission (ATYPE = 3), then ELECTIVE was set to 1. If the admission type was missing or invalid, then ELECTIVE is also missing or invalid. |
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California ELECTIVE could not be derived from the admission type because that information was not provided by the data source. In California, ELECTIVE was assigned based on a data element that distinguished whether an admission was scheduled or unscheduled. If the admission was scheduled, then ELECTIVE was set to 1. |
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| Internet Citation: HCUP NIS Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/elective/nisnote.jsp. |
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