Data Set Name: NIS_1997_HOSPITAL_TRENDWT Number of Observations: 1012 Total Record Length: 20 Total Number of Data Elements: 3 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 1997 HOSPITAL_TrendWt 1 YEAR 1 4 Num Calendar year NIS 1997 HOSPITAL_TrendWt 2 HOSPID 5 9 Num HCUP hospital identification number NIS 1997 HOSPITAL_TrendWt 3 TRENDWT 10 20 7 Num Weight to discharges in the universe