2020 NATIONAL HOSPITAL CARE SURVEY (NHCS) TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION For Public Use Data Files

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Health Care Statistics.
• Description:
  This document provides detailed information and guidance for users of the 2020 National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) public use data files. As a principal source of information on health care utilization in the United States, NHCS collects inpatient and emergency department (ED) data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. hospitals sourced from administrative and electronic health records data. The 2020 NHCS is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and is a member of the National Health Care Surveys – a family of surveys which measure health care utilization across a variety of health care providers and settings.
  
  2020-NHCS-PUF-Tech-Doc-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Databases As Topic Documentation Health Care Surveys
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Name as Subject:
  National Hospital Care Survey (U.S.) ; National Hospital Care Survey (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  43 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58d32c3f7b5edaa155516804aaf85a1a69255c5ced037261a50ad358ff4d79a46135700e3f12feef11cd1b49f193f546cf48c5a99476d60ab38c73eb7666971d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157304/cdc_157304_DS1.pdf
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