Data Dictionary Dataset: Patient Discharge Data Frequencies by Hospital Data Title Field Name type Description Plain Year Year Text The calendar year of inpatient discharge data. A unique six-digit identifier assigned to each facility by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The first two digits indicate the county in which the facility is located. The last four digits are unique within each county. Note: Hospitals consolidated Plain under a single license may report combined data under one OSHPD OSHPD ID Oshpd_ID Text ID. Plain Facility Name Facility_Name Text The hospital name. County Name County_Name Text The county where the hospital is located. The type of ownership and/or legal organization of a hospital Type of Control Type_Of_Control Text licensee. The patient’s gender. includes sex changes, undetermined “Other” sex, and live births with congenital abnormalities that obscure sex identification. indicates that the patient’s sex was not “Unknown” ***Gender Gender Text available from the medical record. ***Type of Care Type_of_Care Text The licensure of the bed occupied by an inpatient. The type of entity or organization expected to pay the greatest ***Expected Expected_ Plain share of the patient’s bill. For more details regarding Expected Payer Payer Text Payer categories: . The Admission Source-Route indicates whether or not the patient ***Admission Plain was treated or examined in this hospital’s Emergency Room, or not, Source-Route Text prior to admission to the hospital. The Admission Type indicates when the patient’s admission was arranged. Scheduled: Arranged with the hospital at least 24 hours prior to admission; Unscheduled: Not arranged with the hospital at least 24 ***Admission Plain hours prior to admission; Infant: An infant less than 24 hours old; Type Admission_Type Text Unknown: Nature of admission not known. ***Admission Plain The site where the patient originated. For more details regarding Source-Site Text Admission Source-Site categories: .
Data Dictionary Dataset: Patient Discharge Data Frequencies by Hospital Title Field Name Data type Description Year Year Plain Text The calendar year of inpatient discharge data. OSHPD ID Oshpd_ID Plain Text A unique six-digit identifier assigned to each facility by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The first two digits indicate the county in which the facility is located. The last four digits are unique within each county. Note: Hospitals consolidated under a single license may report combined data under one OSHPD ID. Facility Name Facility_Name Plain Text The hospital name. County Name County_Name Text The county where the hospital is located. Type of Control Type_Of_Control Text The type of ownership and/or legal organization of a hospital licensee. ***Gender Gender Text The patient’s gender. “Other” includes sex changes, undetermined sex, and live births with congenital abnormalities that obscure sex identification. “Unknown” indicates that the patient’s sex was not available from the medical record. ***Type of Care Type_of_Care Text The licensure of the bed occupied by an inpatient. ***Expected Payer Expected_ Payer Plain Text The type of entity or organization expected to pay the greatest share of the patient’s bill. For more details regarding Expected Payer categories: . ***Admission Source-Route Plain Text The Admission Source-Route indicates whether or not the patient was treated or examined in this hospital’s Emergency Room, or not, prior to admission to the hospital. ***Admission Type Admission_Type Plain Text The Admission Type indicates when the patient’s admission was arranged. Scheduled: Arranged with the hospital at least 24 hours prior to admission; Unscheduled: Not arranged with the hospital at least 24 hours prior to admission; Infant: An infant less than 24 hours old; Unknown: Nature of admission not known. ***Admission Source-Site Plain Text The site where the patient originated. For more details regarding Admission Source-Site categories: .