Utilization of short-stay hospitals by persons with heart disease and malignant neoplasms; the national hospital discharge survey, United States, 1977

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• Personal Author:
  Cardocki, Gloria J. ; Pokras, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Based on data obtained from a national sample of the hospital records of inpatients &charged from non-Federal short-stay hospitals, hospital utilization by heart disease and malignant neoplasm patients is examined. The measures of hospital utilization employed are frequencies, rates, percents, and average lengths of stay. Data are provided for these two specific diagnostic categories and for all other patients and are tabuIated by patient age, sex, and surgical status.
• Content Notes:
  [Gloria J. Gardocki and Robert Pokras].
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cardiology Hospitals/Utilization Medical Oncology Patient Discharge
• Source:
  DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 81-1713 ; Vital and Health Statistics. Series 13, Data from the National Health Survey, Data from the hospital discharge survey ; no. 52
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 27 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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