Data Set Name: NIS_1998_HOSPITAL Number of Observations: 984 Total Record Length: 173 Total Number of Variables: 23 Columns Description: ======= ============ 1- 3 Database name 5- 8 Discharge year of data 10-17 File name 19-21 Variable number 23-41 Variable name 43-45 Starting column of variable in ASCII file 47-49 Ending column of variable in ASCII file 51 Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric variable 53-56 Variable type (Num=numeric; Char=character) 58-113 Variable label NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 1 AHAID 1 7 Char AHA hospital identifier with the leading 6 NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 2 DISCWT 8 17 4 Num Weight to discharges in AHA Universe NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 3 HOSPADDR 18 47 Char Hospital address from AHA Survey (Z011) NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 4 HOSPCITY 48 67 Char Hospital city from AHA Survey (Z012) NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 5 HOSPID 68 72 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 6 HOSPNAME 73 102 Char Hospital name from AHA Survey (Z000) NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 7 HOSPST 103 104 Char Hospital state postal code NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 8 HOSPWT 105 114 4 Num Weight to hospitals in AHA Universe NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 9 HOSPZIP 115 119 Char Hospital zip code from AHA Survey (Z014) NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 10 HOSP_BEDSIZE 120 121 Num Bedsize of hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 11 HOSP_CONTROL 122 123 Num Control/ownership of hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 12 HOSP_LOCATION 124 125 Num Location (urban/rural) of hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 13 HOSP_LOCTEACH 126 127 Num Location/teaching status of hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 14 HOSP_REGION 128 129 Num Region of hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 15 HOSP_TEACH 130 131 Num Teaching status of hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 16 IDNUMBER 132 137 Char AHA hospital identifier without the leading 6 NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 17 NIS_STRATUM 138 141 Num Stratum used to sample hospital NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 18 N_DISC_U 142 149 Num Number of AHA universe discharges in NIS_STRATUM NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 19 N_HOSP_U 150 153 Num Number of AHA universe hospitals in NIS_STRATUM NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 20 S_DISC_U 154 159 Num Number of sample discharges in NIS_STRATUM NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 21 S_HOSP_U 160 163 Num Number of sample hospitals in NIS_STRATUM NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 22 TOTAL_DISC 164 169 Num Total number of discharges from this hospital in the NIS NIS 1998 HOSPITAL 23 YEAR 170 173 Num Calendar Year