NSAS data
for 1994, 1995, and 1996 include about 120,000 sampled visits annually from about 500
facilities. Data are available on patient characteristics including age and sex;
administrative information including patient disposition, expected sources of payment, and
region of the country where procedure was performed; and medical information including
diagnoses and procedures performed coded using the International Classification of
Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM).
A detailed description of the NSAS is included in "Plan and Operation of the
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery," Vital and Health Statistics,
Series 1, Number 37. Data from the NSAS are available for years 1994-96 and are used to examine important topics of interest in public health and for a variety of activities by governmental, scientific, academic, and commercial institutions. NSAS data are available in publications, on public-use data tapes, CD-ROMs, and downloadable files from the FTP server.
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