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KID Description of Data Elements

 
CHLDWTCHARGE - Weight to pediatric non-births in universe for total charge estimates
 
Documentation Sections:
General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

CHLDWTCHARGE contains the weight to the pediatric non-births in the universe of community hospitals for total charge estimates for the year 2000. This weight has already been merged onto the KID Inpatient Core File by record type and stratum as DISCWTCHARGE. In the 2000 KID, there are two discharge-level weights (DISCWT and DISCWTCHARGE). DISCWT should be used to create national estimates for all analyses except those that involve total charge. DISCWTcharge should be used to create national estimates of total charge.

 
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Uniform Values
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
CHLDWTCHARGEWeight to pediatric non-births in universe for total charge estimatesnn.nnnnWeight to pediatric non-births in universe
 
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State Specific Notes
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Internet Citation: HCUP KID Description of Data Elements. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/chldwtcharge/kidnote.jsp.
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