Surgical and nonsurgical procedures in short-stay hospitals; United States, 1979

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• Personal Author:
  Pokras, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Statistics are presented on the number and rate of procedures performed for inpatients in non-Federal short-stay hospitals by age and sex. These estimates are based on data abstracted from a national sample of hospital records of discharged patients. This report also presents estimates of average length of stay for single-listed procedures, data on preoperative and postoperative days of care, day of the week of procedures, and discharge status of patients.
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-16).
• Subjects:
  Hospitalization Length Of Stay Patient Discharge Surgical Procedures, Operative
• Source:
  DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 83-1731 ; Vital and health statistics. Series 13, Data from the national health survey ; no. 70
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Pubmed ID:
  6845660
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 48 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4055132187b3a1dd7124253f1b69bc005b133bcdab32628d511a9f24e7ff35c140569946be4326b989f9163efb4501ada0913b6e042dd8235f656f44f3dd174b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12781/cdc_12781_DS1.pdf
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