Central Distributor SID: Description of Data Elements

AMONTH - Admission month

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General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

Admission month (AMONTH) is derived from either the month of the admission date or the supplied admission month. A valid nonmissing month is assigned to AMONTH even if the admission year or day is invalid or missing. Therefore, it is possible to have a valid AMONTH when the admission date is invalid or missing. If AMONTH is nonnumeric or out of range (month NE 1-12), then AMONTH is invalid (.A). If the data source does not provide the admission month, then beginning in the 1998 data, AMONTH is not present on the HCUP files. In the 1988-1997 data, AMONTH is retained on the HCUP files and is set to unavailable from source (.B).

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description AMONTH Admission month 1-12 Admit month . Missing .A Invalid .B Unavailable from source (coded in 1988-1997 data only)

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State Specific Notes

California Central Distributor only - because of confidentiality restrictions, admission month (AMONTH) is suppressed on some records.

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