Adjustment of hospital utilization rates, United States, 1965-80

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• Personal Author:
  Pokras, Robert ; Kozak, Lola Jean
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This report presents rates of discharges_from short-stay non-Federal hospitals by age and sex for 1965-80 calculated_using the civilian noninstitutionalized and civilian resident population. The estimates of number of discharges are based on data abstracted from a national sample of records of discharged patients. Changes in discharge rates that result from the choice of population estimates are discussed, and a ratio for converting rates based on the civilian noninstitutionalized population to rates based on the civilian resident population is provided. Trends in discharge rates from 1965-82 are described.
• Content Notes:
  Written by Robert Pokras and Lola Jean Kozak.
  
  Bibliography: p. 41-44.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hospitals Patient Discharge Utilization
• Source:
  Vital and Health Statistics. Series 13, Data from the national health survey ; no. 81 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 85-1742
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 44 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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