Description

Information on inpatients discharged from hospitals in Vermont, USA, 2012.

Usage

Format

A data frame with 52206 observations on the following 7 variables.

hospital

a factor with levels 1 = Northwestern Medical Center, 2 = North Country Hospital and Health Center, 3 = Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, 4 = Copley Hospital, 5 = Fletcher Allen Health Care, 6 = Central Vermont Hospital, 8 = Rutland Regional Medical Center, 9 = Porter Medical Center, 10 = Gifford Memorial Hospital, 11 = Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, 12 = Springfield Hospital, 14 = Grace Cottage Hospital, 15 = Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, 16 = Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

admit

a factor with levels 1 = Emergency, 2 = Urgent, 3 = Elective, 4, Newborn, 5 = Trauma

age.group

a factor with levels 1 = Under 1, 2 = 1-17, 3 = 18-24, 4 = 25-29, 5 = 30-34, 6 = 35-39, 7 = 40-44, 8 = 45-49, 9 = 50-54, 10 = 55-59, 11 = 60-64, 12 = 65-69, 13 = 70-74, 14 = 75+

sex

a factor with levels 1 = Male, 2 = Female

discharge

a factor with levels 1 = To another medical facility, 2 = home, 3 = against medical advice, 4 = Died, 5 = To court or law enforcement, 6 = still a patient

diagnosis

a factor with levels 1 = Brain And C.N.S., 2 = Eye, 3 = Ear, Nose & Throat, 4 = Respiratory, 5 = Heart & Circulatory, 6 = Digestive, 7 = Liver & Pancreas, 8 = Musculoskeletal, 9 = Skin and Breast, 10 = Endocrine, 11 = Kidney & Urinary, 12 = Male Reproductive, 13 = Female Reproductive, 14 = Pregnancy, Childbirth, 15 = Neonatal, 16 = Spleen & Blood, 17 = Lymphatic, 18 = Infection, 19 = Mental Illness, 20 = Substance Abuse, 21 = Injury, Toxic Effects, 22 = Burns, 23 = Other, 24 = Trauma, 25 = H.I.V.

los

a numeric vector, number of days spent in hospital

Details

This data set contains details on inpatients discharged from hospitals in Vermont, USA, in 2012 as part of the Vermont Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set. The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation administers this program and the Vermont Department of Health manages the data set.

Source

Vermont department of Health, https://www.healthvermont.gov/stats/systems formatted into R by J. T. Gray in mid-2014.

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