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      Data Set Name: USRDS02.INC2002                        Observations:          7586837
      Member Type:   DATA                                   Variables:             22
      Engine:        V8                                     Indexes:               0
      Created:       19:32 Saturday, July 24, 2004          Observation Length:    132
      Last Modified: 19:32 Saturday, July 24, 2004          Deleted Observations:  0
      Protection:                                           Compressed:            CHAR
      Data Set Type:                                        Reuse Space:           NO
      Label:                                                Point to Observations: YES
                                                            Sorted:                YES
                                                            Data Representation:   FOREIGN


                          -----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----

        Data Set Page Size:         8192
        Number of Data Set Pages:   67653
        Number of Data Set Repairs: 0
        Release Created:            8.0202M0
        Host Created:               OpenVMS


                      -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----

    #  Variable  Type  Len  Pos  Format     Informat  Label
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1  USRDS_ID  Num     8    0  BEST22.    BEST22.   USRDS patient ID number
    7  clm_amt   Num     8   32  BEST22.              Medicare payments
    2  clm_from  Num     8    8  DATE7.               From date of service
    5  clm_thru  Num     8   16  DATE7.               Service through date
    6  clm_tot   Num     8   24  BEST22.              Total charges
   21  cvr_dcnt  Num     8   96  BEST22.              Medicare covered days-use with PER_DIEM
    8  dialcash  Num     8   40  BEST22.              Claim amounts for dialysis
   12  dialcrc   Char    5  121  $DIALCRC.            Claim related condition for dialysis
   11  dialrevc  Char    5  116  $DIALRVC.            Revenue center code for dialysis
   13  dialsess  Num     8   56  BEST22.              dialysis sessions reported
   19  discstat  Char    2  130  $DRG_DES.            Discharge status
   18  drg_cd    Char    3  127  $DRGLAB.             Diagnosis Related Group code
   14  epoadmin  Num     8   64  BEST22.              EPO administrations
    9  epocash   Num     8   48  BEST22.              Claim amounts for EPO
   15  epodose   Num     8   72  BEST22.              Epo dose
    3  hcfasaf   Char    1  112  $HCFASAF.            HCFA SAF source of this bill
   16  hcrit     Num     8   80  BEST22.              Hematocrit
   20  per_diem  Num     8   88  BEST22.              Per diem pass through amount
   17  prm_pyr   Char    1  126  $PRPAYR.             Primary payer for this bill
   22  provusrd  Num     8  104  BEST.      BEST22.   USRDS provider ID number
   10  rxcat     Char    1  115  $RXCATIC.            Dialysis treatment modality
    4  seq_keyc  Char    2  113                       Sequence # to ensure unique key


                                  -----Sort Information-----

                       Sortedby:      USRDS_ID clm_from hcfasaf seq_keyc
                       Validated:     YES
                       Character Set: ASCII