DATASET: NIS Database

TITLE:
NIS Database
HOST:
NIS Database documentation
CATEGORIES:
Miscellaneous
TIMELINE:
1988 to 2013
GEOSCOPE:
USA
ACCESSIBILITY:
Data download
URL:
https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/nisdbdocumentation.jsp
NALLURI ENTRY LAST UPDATED: March 24, 2017

DESCRIPTION:
* Data includes:
- Primary and secondary diagnoses and procedures
- Patient demographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, race, median household income for ZIP Code)
- Hospital characteristics (e.g., ownership)
- Expected payment source
- Total charges
- Discharge status
- Length of stay
- Severity and comorbidity measures