have been reported under the code to Chronic or Rehab Hospita,” which itself “Discharged/Transferred was changed to to Chronic Hospital.” If examining these codes across years, “Discharged/Transferred one will need to combine the and codes in the data beginning January 1, 1994. “rehab” “chronic” Further, the data submissions questions changed significantly in 2001 and 2006. New data fields and code values were added. This will affect users conducting long term longitudinal studies. 3. Data Elements The purpose of the following section is to provide the user with an explanation of some of the data elements included in Regulation 114.1 CMR 17.00, and to give a sense of their reliability. Details of Specific Data Elements (ORG ID) CHIA FY2014 contains four organization identifier fields which is a CHIA assigned unique code for each Massachusetts hospital: Massachusetts Filer Organization ID The Organization ID for the hospital that (IdOrgFiler) – submitted the inpatient discharge data to CHIA. Massachusetts Site Organization ID (IdOrgSite) - The Organization ID for the site where the patient received inpatient care. Massachusetts Hospital Organization ID (IdOrgHosp) - The Organization ID for the main hospital affiliation. For example 3108 (Cambridge Health Alliance) is the IdOrgHosp for the IdOrgSite 142 (Whidden Hospital). Massachusetts Transfer Hospital Organization ID (IdOrgTransfer) - The Organization ID for the hospital from a patient is transferred. If the patient is transferred from outside of Massachusetts, the IdOrgTransfer will be 9999999. See SUPPLEMENT III. HOSPITAL ADDRESSES, ORG ID, AND SERVICE SITE ID NUMBERS on Page 31. Because data collection methods vary from hospital to hospital, the accuracy of the reporting of these data elements for any given hospital is difficult to ascertain. Therefore, the user should be aware that the distribution of patients for this data element may not represent an accurate grouping of the hospital’s population. (LOA) The Center requires hospitals to report LOA days when used. At present, the Center is unable to verify the use of these days if they are not reported, nor can the Center verify the number reported when a hospital provides the information. Therefore, the validity of this category relies solely on the accuracy of a given hospital’s reporting practices.
have been reported under the code “Discharged/Transferred to Chronic or Rehab Hospita,” which itself was changed to “Discharged/Transferred to Chronic Hospital.” If examining these codes across years, one will need to combine the “rehab” and “chronic” codes in the data beginning January 1, 1994. Further, the data submissions questions changed significantly in 2001 and 2006. New data fields and code values were added. This will affect users conducting long term longitudinal studies. 3. Data Elements The purpose of the following section is to provide the user with an explanation of some of the data elements included in Regulation 114.1 CMR 17.00, and to give a sense of their reliability. Details of Specific Data Elements (ORG ID) CHIA FY2014 contains four organization identifier fields which is a CHIA assigned unique code for each Massachusetts hospital: Massachusetts Filer Organization ID (IdOrgFiler) – The Organization ID for the hospital that submitted the inpatient discharge data to CHIA. Massachusetts Site Organization ID (IdOrgSite) - The Organization ID for the site where the patient received inpatient care. Massachusetts Hospital Organization ID (IdOrgHosp) - The Organization ID for the main hospital affiliation. For example 3108 (Cambridge Health Alliance) is the IdOrgHosp for the IdOrgSite 142 (Whidden Hospital). Massachusetts Transfer Hospital Organization ID (IdOrgTransfer) - The Organization ID for the hospital from a patient is transferred. If the patient is transferred from outside of Massachusetts, the IdOrgTransfer will be 9999999. See SUPPLEMENT III. HOSPITAL ADDRESSES, ORG ID, AND SERVICE SITE ID NUMBERS on Page 31. Because data collection methods vary from hospital to hospital, the accuracy of the reporting of these data elements for any given hospital is difficult to ascertain. Therefore, the user should be aware that the distribution of patients for this data element may not represent an accurate grouping of the hospital’s population. (LOA) The Center requires hospitals to report LOA days when used. At present, the Center is unable to verify the use of these days if they are not reported, nor can the Center verify the number reported when a hospital provides the information. Therefore, the validity of this category relies solely on the accuracy of a given hospital’s reporting practices.
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