This release of the public, hospital discharge data sets consists of 11 files. All data files are "zipped" and are in Dbase(.dbf) format. The "look-up" tables are in Excel 5.0 (.xls) format. The DIAGNOSIS_ID.xls file is also "zipped" for faster downloading.
APRDRG 1999  2.7mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, APR-DRG, and Severity |
| HCFADRG 1999 1.7mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital and HCFA DRG |
| DIAGNOSIS 1999 3.6 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital and Principal Diagnosis |
| PROCEDURES 1999 1.4 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital and Principal Procedure |
APRDRG ID 1999  42 kb | Code number and description of the APR-DRGs |
| HCFADRG ID 49 kb | Code number and description of the HCFA DRGs |
| DIAGNOSIS ID 322 kb | Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Diagnoses |
| PROCEDURES ID 370 kb | Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Procedures |
| HOSPITAL ID 1999 32 kb | Code number, name, city and district of the facilities |
| VARIABLES ID 1999 20 kb | Names (labels) and description of the data set variables |
All negative numbers and those charges reported as "$0.00" have been changed to "missing." Please note that all APR-DRGs were redefined in 1998
