Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1993 A compilation of hospital utilization statistics for 1993 is published by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). These comprehensive hospitalization data are presented by NCHS annually in the report, Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey. The 1993 edition of the report presents statistics on conditions diagnosed and surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed in non-Federal hospitals. Data are shown by age and sex of the patient and by geographic region of the hospitals. This report is intended as a source document for researchers and others who need data for detailed diagnostic and procedure categories. The data for this report are collected as part of NCHS' National Hospital Discharge Survey, which has been conducted annually since 1965. Approximately 466 hospitals participated in the survey. Statistics were derived from a sample of 235,000 medical records.
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