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KID Database Documentation
The KID is a set of pediatric hospital inpatient databases included in the HCUP family. These databases are created by AHRQ through a Federal-State-Industry partnership.
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Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)

Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) is the only all-payer pediatric inpatient care database in the United States, containing data from two to three million hospital stays. Its large sample size is ideal for developing national and regional estimates and enables analyses of rare conditions, such as congenital anomalies, as well as uncommon treatments, such as organ transplantation. The following links provide detailed documentation for the KID.

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Restrictions on the Use of the KID
  • Data Use Agreement for the KID (PDF file, 54 KB; HTML)

Description of KID Files
Availability of Data Elements
Description of Data Elements in the KID

Corrections to the KID
Load Programs
HCUP Tools: Labels and Formats
KID Related Reports
HCUP Supplemental Files

Internet Citation: HCUP KID Database Documentation. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). June 2009 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/kiddbdocumentation.jsp.
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Last modified 6/26/09