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  • Title: National Hospital Discharge Survey.
    Author: Graves EJ, Kozak LJ.
    Journal: Vital Health Stat 13; 1992 Mar; (109):1-51. PubMed ID: 1378671.
    Abstract:
    This report presents statistics on the utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals based on data collected through the National Hospital Discharge Survey from a national sample of hospital records of discharged inpatients. Estimates are provided by the demographic characteristics of patients discharged, geographic region of hospitals, conditions diagnosed, and surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed. Measurements of hospital use include frequency, rate, percent of discharges and days of care, and average length of stay.
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