Natl Health Stat Report
November 2019
Objective-This report shows the analytical potential of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) through a demonstration of the use of its data to examine inpatient (IP) discharges and ambulatory visits for stroke. Unweighted data of IP and ambulatory encounters from the 2014 NHCS are linked to records from the 2014 and 2015 National Death Index (NDI). Methods-For the 2014 NHCS, 94 hospitals provided IP administrative claims data and 88 provided ambulatory (emergency and outpatient department) claims data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cancer is one of the most important public health burdens in developed and developing countries. Colon cancer (CC) is the sixth most common cause of death in India and third most important cause in developed countries. For treating cancer, several synthetic agents are available but they cause side effects.
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July 2016
Purpose-This report demonstrates the analytical potential of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) through a case study of inpatient discharges and ambulatory visits for traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on unweighted data from the 2013 NHCS of inpatient and emergency department (ED) encounters and the 2013 and 2014 NHCS for outpatient department (OPD) encounters.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report presents selected findings on the provision of health care services in U.S. state prisons.
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