Trends in hospital utilization : United States, 1965-86

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• Personal Author:
  Graves, Edmund ; Kozak, Lola Jean ; McCarthy, Eileen ; Pokras, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This report presents statistics on the utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals based on data collected through the National Hospital Discharge Survey from 1965 through 1986. The survey is a national sample of records of discharged patients. Estimates are provided on demographic characteristics of patients discharged, selected conditions diagnosed and procedures performed, and by geographic region of the hospital. Measurements of hospital utilization include frequency, rate, percent, and average length of stay.
• Content Notes:
  by Robert Pokras, Lola Jean Kozak, Eileen McCarthy, and Edmund J. Graves, Division of Health Care Statistics.
  
  Bibliography: p. 24.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hospitals/Utilization
• Source:
  Vital and Health Statistics. Series 13, Data from the national health survey ; no. 101 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 89-1762
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 57 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
• Issue:
  101
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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