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KID Description of Data Elements

 
ELECTIVE - Elective versus non-elective admission
 
Documentation Sections:
General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

ELECTIVE indicates whether the admission to the hospital was elective. This information was derived from the type of admission (ATYPE). If the admission type was missing or invalid, then ELECTIVE is also missing or invalid. If the admission type indicated an elective admission (ATYPE = 3), then ELECTIVE was set to 1. Otherwise, for any other valid non-missing ATYPE values, ELECTIVE was set to 0.

 
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Uniform Values
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
ELECTIVEElective versus non-elective admission0Non-elective admission
1Elective admission
.Missing
.AInvalid
 
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State Specific Notes
None
 
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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/elective/kidnote.jsp.
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