Data Set Name: NIS_2003_HOSPITAL               
Number of Observations: 994
Total Record Length: 178
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- 59    Variable name
61- 63    Starting column of variable in ASCII file
65- 67    Ending column of variable in ASCII file
    69    Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric variable
71- 74    Variable type (Num=numeric; Char=character)
76-175    Variable label


NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           1 AHAID                           1   7   Char AHA hospital identifier with the leading 6
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           2 DISCWT                          8  17 4 Num  Weight to discharges in AHA universe
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           3 HOSPADDR                       18  47   Char Hospital address from AHA Survey (Z011)
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           4 HOSPCITY                       48  67   Char Hospital city from AHA Survey (Z012)
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           5 HOSPID                         68  72   Num  HCUP hospital identification number
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           6 HOSPNAME                       73 102   Char Hospital name from AHA Survey (Z000)
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           7 HOSPST                        103 104   Char Hospital state postal code
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           8 HOSPSTCO                      105 109   Num  Hospital modified FIPS state/county code
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL           9 HOSPWT                        110 119 4 Num  Weight to hospitals in AHA universe
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          10 HOSPZIP                       120 124   Char Hospital ZIP Code from AHA Survey (Z014)
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          11 HOSP_BEDSIZE                  125 126   Num  Bed size of hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          12 HOSP_CONTROL                  127 128   Num  Control/ownership of hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          13 HOSP_LOCATION                 129 130   Num  Location (urban/rural) of hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          14 HOSP_LOCTEACH                 131 132   Num  Location/teaching status of hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          15 HOSP_REGION                   133 134   Num  Region of hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          16 HOSP_TEACH                    135 136   Num  Teaching status of hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          17 IDNUMBER                      137 142   Char AHA hospital identifier without the leading 6
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          18 NIS_STRATUM                   143 146   Num  Stratum used to sample hospital
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          19 N_DISC_U                      147 154   Num  Number of AHA universe discharges in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          20 N_HOSP_U                      155 158   Num  Number of AHA universe hospitals in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          21 S_DISC_U                      159 164   Num  Number of sample discharges in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          22 S_HOSP_U                      165 168   Num  Number of sample hospitals in NIS_STRATUM
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          23 TOTAL_DISC                    169 174   Num  Total number of discharges from this hospital in the NIS
NIS 2003 HOSPITAL          24 YEAR                          175 178   Num  Calendar Year