Data Set Name: NIS_2012_HOSPITAL Number of Observations: 4378 Total Record Length: 64 Total Number of Data Elements: 14 Columns Description ======= =========== 1- 3 Database name 5- 8 Discharge year of data 10- 25 File name 27- 29 Data element number 31- 59 Data element name 61- 63 Starting column of data element in ASCII file 65- 67 Ending column of data element in ASCII file 69 Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric data element 71- 74 Data element type (Num=numeric; Char=character) 76-175 Data element label NIS 2012 Hospital 1 DISCWT 1 11 7 Num NIS discharge weight NIS 2012 Hospital 2 HOSP_BEDSIZE 12 13 Num Bed size of hospital (STRATA) NIS 2012 Hospital 3 HOSP_DIVISION 14 15 Num Census Division of hospital (STRATA) NIS 2012 Hospital 4 HOSP_LOCTEACH 16 17 Num Location/teaching status of hospital (STRATA) NIS 2012 Hospital 5 HOSP_NIS 18 22 Num NIS hospital number NIS 2012 Hospital 6 HOSP_REGION 23 24 Num Region of hospital NIS 2012 Hospital 7 H_CONTRL 25 26 Num Control/ownership of hospital (STRATA) NIS 2012 Hospital 8 NIS_STRATUM 27 30 Num NIS hospital stratum NIS 2012 Hospital 9 N_DISC_U 31 38 Num Number of universe discharges in the stratum NIS 2012 Hospital 10 N_HOSP_U 39 42 Num Number of universe hospitals in the stratum NIS 2012 Hospital 11 S_DISC_U 43 50 Num Number of sample discharges in the stratum NIS 2012 Hospital 12 S_HOSP_U 51 54 Num Number of sample hospitals in the stratum NIS 2012 Hospital 13 TOTAL_DISC 55 60 Num Total number of discharges from this hospital in the NIS NIS 2012 Hospital 14 YEAR 61 64 Num Calendar year