Central Distributor SEDD: Description of Data Elements

STATE_OS - State indicator of observation stay record

Documentation Sections:

General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

STATE_OS is used to identify observation stay (OS) records. A value of 1 indicates that the statewide data source has designated the record as OS. A value of 0 marks records that are not identified as OS by the data source. A missing value implies that the state does not identify OS records.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description STATE_OS State indicator of observation stay record 1 Record meets state Observation Stay criteria 0 Record does not meet state Observation Stay criteria .A Invalid . Missing

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State Specific Notes

Vermont For 2006-2010 data, Vermont no longer supplies a state indicator of Observation services. All records have been assigned missing (.) values. Starting in 2011, Vermont supplied a state indicator for Observation services which we used to assign a STATE_OS value of 1.

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