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HCUP Facts and Figures, 2006: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States [Internet]

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008.
HCUP Facts and Figures.
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HCUP Facts and Figures, 2006: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States [Internet]

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).
Free Books & Documents

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HCUP Facts and Figures, 2006: Statistics on Hospital-based Care in the United States presents information derived from the 2006 HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), with trend information as far back as 1993. This report includes information from the 2006 database containing discharge records for all patients treated in a sample of approximately 1,000 hospitals. These discharges are weighted to represent all inpatient stays in community hospitals across the nation. Community hospitals include all non-federal, short-term, acute care hospitals; psychiatric and substance abuse facilities and short-term rehabilitation hospitals are not included.

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