PUBLIC INPATIENT DATA SETS
The public inpatient data sets include hospital discharges in which a patient was admitted to the hospital. Discharges are classified as inpatient by the reporting hospitals, and admission criteria distinguishing inpatient from outpatient discharges may vary across hospitals.
This release of the public, hospital discharge data sets consists of 11 files. All data files are in (csv) format. The lookup tables are in Excel (.xlsx) format.
| Data File Name | Description |
| APR-DRG 2021 6.2 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, APR-DRG, Severity, and Primary Payer |
| MS-DRG 2021 4.6 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, MS-DRG, and Primary Payer |
| DIAGNOSIS 2021 8.2 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Diagnosis, and Primary Payer |
| PROCEDURES 2021 4.8 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Procedure, and Primary Payer |
| Lookup Table Name | Description |
| APR-DRG ID 2021 22 kb | Code number and description of the APR-DRGs |
| MS-DRG ID 2021 24 kb | Code number and description of the MS-DRGs |
| HOSPITAL ID 2021 12 kb | Code number, name, and city of the facilities |
| VARIABLES ID 2021 8 kb | Names (labels) and descriptions of the data set variables |
| PAYER ID 2021 8 kb | Code number and description of the primary payers |