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KID Description of Data Elements

 
CHLDWT - Weight to pediatric non-births in universe for estimates other than total charges
 
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General Notes
Uniform Values
State Specific Notes
General Notes
 

CHLDWT contains the weight to the pediatric non-births in the universe of community hospitals. This weight has already been merged onto the KID Inpatient Core File by record type and stratum as DISCWT. To produce national estimates, use DISCWT to weight sampled discharges to the universe of discharges from all community hospitals located in the U.S.

 
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Uniform Values
VariableDescriptionValueValue Description
CHLDWTWeight to pediatric non-births in universe for estimates other than total chargesnn.nnnnWeight to pediatric non-births in universe
 
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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/chldwt/kidnote.jsp.
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