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 |
Discharge data summarized by Hospital, APR-DRG, Severity and Primary Payer |
| HCFADRG
2004 |
Discharge data summarized by Hospital, HCFA DRG and Primary Payer |
|
DIAGNOSIS 2004 |
Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Diagnosis and Primary Payer |
|
PROCEDURES 2004 |
Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Procedure and Primary Payer |
| APRDRG ID
|
Code number and description of the APR-DRGs |
| HCFADRG
ID |
Code number and description of the HCFA DRGs |
| DIAGNOSIS
ID |
Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Diagnoses |
| PROCEDURES
ID |
Code number (ICD-9-CM) and description of the Principal Procedures |
|
HOSPITAL ID 2004 |
Code number, name, and county of the facilities |
|
VARIABLES ID 2004 |
Names (labels) and descriptions of the data set variables |
|
PAYER1 ID 2004 |
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. |