This release of the public, hospital discharge data sets consists of 11 files. All data files are self-extracting "zip" files and are in Microsoft Access (.mdb) format. The "look-up" tables are in Excel (.xls) format. The DIAGNOSIS_ID.xls file is also "zipped" for faster downloading.
| File Name | Description |
|---|---|
APRDRG 2003  2.6 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, APR-DRG, Severity and Primary Payor |
| HCFADRG 2003 0.9 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, HCFA DRG and Primary Payor |
| DIAGNOSIS 2003 3.6 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Diagnosis and Primary Payor |
| PROCEDURES 2003 0.9 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Procedure and Primary Payor |
APRDRG ID  45 kb | Code number and description of the APR-DRGs |
| HCFADRG ID 57 kb | Code number and description of the HCFA DRGs |
| DIAGNOSIS ID 277 kb | Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Diagnoses |
| PROCEDURES ID 413 kb | Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Procedures |
| HOSPITAL ID 2003 33 kb | Code number, name, and city of the facilities |
| VARIABLES ID 2003 17 kb | Names (labels) and descriptions of the data set variables |
| PAYOR1 ID 2003 14 kb | Code number and description of the Primary Payors |
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.
