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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Kid's Inpatient Database (HCUP-KID)
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| Study Number |
U08_97 |
| Background of Dataset |
| Purpose of the Data Set |
To enable analyses of hospital utilization by children
across the United States. |
| Criteria(s) for Inclusion/Exclusion |
Includes pediatric discharges from community
hospitals in the United States in 1997. Excludes federal hospitals,
long-term hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, alcohol/chemical dependency
treatment facilities, and hospital units within prisons. |
| Age Range Included |
18 years or less. |
| Method(s) of Data Gathering |
22 states provided information on pediatric discharges
in community hospitals. |
| Sampling Frame/Design |
Pediatric discharges from community hospitals. |
| Limitation(s) of Study |
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Year(s) Available
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1997. |
| Number of Observations |
2,251 hospitals, 6.7 million weighted pediatric
discharge records. |
| Unit of Observation |
Hospital. |
| Publisher(s) |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. |
| Contact Information/Web Address |
http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup |
| Condition of Use |
Users must sign a data use agreement. |
| Contents of Database |
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Key Linking Variables
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•Patient identifier
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•Physician identifier
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•Health facility identifier
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•Geographic identifier
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State. |
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•Other identifier
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| Demographics Information |
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•Sex
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Yes. |
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•Race
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Yes. |
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•Geographic location
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Yes, by state. |
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•Income
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Yes, and based on zip code. |
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•Education
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•Employment status
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•Others
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| Access/Utilization Information |
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| Health Insurance Information |
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•Insurance status
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•Insurance type
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Yes, expected source of payment. |
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•Other information
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| Health Care Utilization |
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| >Type |
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| 1) Outpatient |
N/A |
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2) Inpatient
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Yes. |
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•Admission/discharge dates
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Yes. |
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•Number of admissions
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Yes. |
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•Length of stay
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Yes. |
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•Admission status (transfer, ER admissions...etc)
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Yes. |
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•Discharge status
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Yes. |
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•Other information
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Discharge abstract information, in hospital birth
indicator. |
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3) Emergency room
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N/A |
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4) Pharmacy
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N/A |
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5) Other utilization
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N/A |
| >Medical Codes |
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•CPT codes
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•ICD-9 codes
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Yes, diagnoses. |
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•DRG codes
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Yes, MDC. |
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•Other codes
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Clinical Classifications Software (CSS) formerly
known as Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research |
| Health Care Facility Information |
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•Location
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Census region. |
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•Number of beds
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Yes. |
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•Number of MDs
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•Other information
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Ownership, urban/rural, teaching or not, total discharges. |
| Physician Information |
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•Specialty
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•Name
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•License Number
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Encrypted. |
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•Other information
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| Cost/Expenditure Information |
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•Unit of cost
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Admission. |
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•Charges/costs/payments
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•Total
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Yes. |
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•Allied and additional services
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•Pharmacy
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•Out-of-pocket payments
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•Other information
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| Other Information |
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