Central Distributor SASD: Description of Data Elements

MARITALSTATUS - Marital status of patient

Documentation Sections:

General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

Marital status at the time of admission or outpatient service (MaritalStatus) is retained as provided by the data source. Undocumented source data are set to invalid (A). No edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing. Beginning with data year 2008, MaritalStatus was replaced with MaritalStatusUB04.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description MARITALSTATUS Marital status of patient M Married S Single D Divorced X Legally Separated P Life Partner W Widowed Blank Unknown, Missing A Invalid

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State Specific Notes

Kentucky Beginning in 2007, marital status was 100% missing on Kentucky inpatient and outpatient files and thus was not retained on HCUP files. Maryland Beginning in 2007, Maryland included the records from all other outpatients, Greenbaum cancer center, and UMMS shock trauma in the unified AS and ED outpatient data file. The inclusion of these new records resulted in a large increase in the frequency of MARITALSTATUS = M, S, or W, Married, Single, or Widowed respectively. Maryland Value Description Value Description 2 Married M Married 1 Single I Single 4 Divorced D Divorced 3 Separated X Legally Separated 5 Widow/Widower W Widowed 9 Unknown   Missing blank   (other)   New Jersey MARITALSTATUS was discontinued in 2008 and replaced by MARITALSTATUS04.

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