Data Set Name: NIS_2000_HOSPITAL               
Number of Observations: 994
Total Record Length: 183
Total Number of Variables: 24


Columns   Description:
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 1-  3    Database name
 5-  8    Discharge year of data
10- 25    File name
27- 29    Variable number
31- 49    Variable name
51- 53    Starting column of variable in ASCII file
55- 57    Ending column of variable in ASCII file
    59    Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric variable
61- 64    Variable type (Num=numeric; Char=character)
66-165    Variable label


NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           1 AHAID                 1   7   Char AHA hospital identifier with the leading 6
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           2 DISCWT                8  17 4 Num  Weight to discharges in AHA universe for estimates other than total charges
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           3 DISCWTcharge         18  27 4 Num  Weight to discharges in AHA universe for total charge estimates
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           4 HOSPADDR             28  57   Char Hospital address from AHA Survey (Z011)
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           5 HOSPCITY             58  77   Char Hospital city from AHA Survey (Z012)
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           6 HOSPID               78  82   Num  HCUP hospital identification number
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           7 HOSPNAME             83 112   Char Hospital name from AHA Survey (Z000)
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           8 HOSPST              113 114   Char Hospital state postal code
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL           9 HOSPWT              115 124 4 Num  Weight to hospitals in AHA universe
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          10 HOSPZIP             125 129   Char Hospital ZIP Code from AHA Survey (Z014)
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          11 HOSP_BEDSIZE        130 131   Num  Bed size of hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          12 HOSP_CONTROL        132 133   Num  Control/ownership of hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          13 HOSP_LOCATION       134 135   Num  Location (urban/rural) of hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          14 HOSP_LOCTEACH       136 137   Num  Location/teaching status of hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          15 HOSP_REGION         138 139   Num  Region of hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          16 HOSP_TEACH          140 141   Num  Teaching status of hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          17 IDNUMBER            142 147   Char AHA hospital identifier without the leading 6
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          18 NIS_STRATUM         148 151   Num  Stratum used to sample hospital
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          19 N_DISC_U            152 159   Num  Number of AHA universe discharges in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          20 N_HOSP_U            160 163   Num  Number of AHA universe hospitals in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          21 S_DISC_U            164 169   Num  Number of sample discharges in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          22 S_HOSP_U            170 173   Num  Number of sample hospitals in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          23 TOTAL_DISC          174 179   Num  Total number of discharges from this hospital in the NIS
NIS 2000 HOSPITAL          24 YEAR                180 183   Num  Calendar Year