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 2004  9.5 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, APR-DRG, Severity and Primary Payer |
| HCFADRG 2004 6.0 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, HCFA DRG and Primary Payer |
| DIAGNOSIS 2004 14.4 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Diagnosis and Primary Payer |
| PROCEDURES 2004 5.7 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Procedure and Primary Payer |
APRDRG ID  45 kb | Code number and description of the APR-DRGs |
| HCFADRG ID 58 kb | Code number and description of the HCFA DRGs |
| DIAGNOSIS ID 1.3 mb | Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Diagnoses |
| PROCEDURES ID 414 kb | Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Procedures |
| HOSPITAL ID 2004 36 kb | Code number, name, and county of the facilities |
| VARIABLES ID 2004 17 kb | Names (labels) and descriptions of the data set variables |
| PAYER1 ID 2004 14 kb | Code number and description of the Primary Payers |
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.
