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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RECNUM - HCUP record number

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RECNUM contains a unique HCUP record number that is specific to the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID). RECNUM can be used to link the KID Core and Severity Measures file.

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Uniform Values

Variable	Description	Value	Value Description
RECNUM	HCUP record number	8(n)	Unique record number

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State Specific Notes

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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/recnum/kidnote.jsp.

Last modified 4/2/08