/***************************************************************************** * SPSSload_NIS_2001_HOSPITAL_TrendWt.SPS * This program will load the 2001 NIS ASCII HOSPITAL_TrendWt File into SPSS. *****************************************************************************/ *** Read data elements from the ASCII file ***. DATA LIST FILE = 'NIS_2001_HOSPITAL_TrendWt.ASC' FIXED / YEAR 1- 4 HOSPID 5- 9 TRENDWT 10- 20. *** Specify write formats ***. FORMATS YEAR (F4.0) / HOSPID (F5.0) / TRENDWT (F11.7) . *** Assign labels to the data elements ***. VARIABLE LABELS YEAR "Calendar year" HOSPID "HCUP hospital identification number" TRENDWT "Weight to discharges in the universe" . *** Convert special values to system missing values ***. RECODE YEAR (-999 -888 -666=SYSMIS). RECODE TRENDWT (-99.9999999 -88.8888888 -66.6666666=SYSMIS). SAVE OUTFILE = 'NIS_2001_HOSPITAL_TrendWt.SAV' / COMPRESSED.