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United States National Hospital Discharge Survey 1979

General Info

Provider 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Microdata access: Download
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 1979 - December, 1979
Data type
Survey: Discharge - Inpatient - Nationally representative
Summary 

The NHDS was conducted annually from 1965 to 2010 by the National Center for Health Statistics. This survey collected medical and demographic information from a sample of discharge records selected from a national sample of non-Federal, short-stay hospitals (where stay average is less than 30 days). The NHDS was succeeded in 2011 by the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS), which combined the data collected by the NHDS with data collected by the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). 

Keywords 
Bacterial skin diseases, Beds, Cellulitis, Decubitus ulcer, Diagnosis, Hospitals, Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, ICD-9, Length of stay, Marital status, Maternal hemorrhage, Pneumoconiosis, Race, Rheumatic heart disease, Skin diseases, Urinary diseases, Urolithiasis, Interstitial lung diseases, Endocarditis, Lower respiratory infections, Hyperplasia of prostate, Meningitis, Digestive diseases, Diarrheal diseases, Diarrhea, Stroke, Hemorrhagic stroke, Cardiomyopathies, Encephalitis, Peptic ulcer disease, Gastritis and duodenitis, Appendicitis, Inguinal and femoral hernia, Noninfective inflammatory bowel disease, Vascular insufficiency of intestine, Gall bladder and bile duct disease, Pancreatitis, Ischemic heart disease, Gynecological diseases, Silicosis, Endocrine disorders, Blood disorders, Immune system disorders, Cirrhosis of the liver, Asbestosis

Citation

Contributors 
United States Census Bureau (USCB)
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publisher 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Suggested citation 
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Census Bureau (USCB). United States National Hospital Discharge Survey 1979. Hyattsville, United States of America: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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