Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) KID Notes

KID Description of Data Elements

The KID is set of longitudinal hospital inpatient databases included in the HCUP family. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership.

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PEDS_PCT - Percentage of hospital discharges, 20 years old or younger

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PEDS_PCT contains the percentage of discharges that are age 20 years or younger from this hospital in the HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID). PEDS_DISC contains the number of discharges that are age 20 years or younger from this hospital in the (SID).

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Uniform Values

Variable	Description	Value	Value Description
PEDS_PCT	Percentage of hospital discharges, 20 years old or younger	0	Not identified as a Children's Hospital by NACHRI

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State Specific Notes

None

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Internet Citation: HCUP KID Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). April 2008
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/peds_pct/kidnote.jsp.

Last modified 4/2/08