Utilization of short-stay hospitals; summary of nonmedical statistics, United States, 1965

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• Personal Author:
  Sirken, Monroe G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Statistics are presented on the utilization of short-stay hospitals based on data abstracted by the Hospital Discharge Survey from hospital records for a national sample of discharged patients. Discharges, days of care, and average length of stay are distributed by each of the following variables: age, sex, marital status, color, and discharge status of the patient; and ownership, size, and geographic area of the hospital. Bed occupancy rates are distributed by selected characteristics of the hospital.
• Content Notes:
  [by Monroe G. Sirken].
• Subjects:
  Hospitalization Hospitals/Utilization Statistics, Medical
• Source:
  Vital and Health Statistics. Series 13: Data from the hospital discharge survey ; no. 2 ; Public Health Service publication ; no. 1000, ser. 13; no. 2
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 21 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53f59bc3a766801d36c7ece04c3706e2cec2c17d04c798393397975aa3e6d8c4dcf4ddeb6c72bae6cdcd7b17203bc0e7484059734a79094221aeb9f9fb894a42
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12728/cdc_12728_DS1.pdf
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