Notices to Readers
Annual Report on Hospital Use Statistics
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has
released an update of statistics on in-patient hospital use
during 1989. NCHS's National Hospital Discharge Survey, a
continuous survey conducted since 1965, abstracts data from
approximately 233,000 medical records from 408 short-stay
nonfederal hospitals. The number, rate, and average length of
stay of patients discharged are shown by age, geographic region,
and sex. Use by diagnosis and procedures is also included.
Copies of the report, 1989 Summary: National Hospital
Discharge Survey, are available free of charge from the
Scientific and Technical Information Branch, NCHS, CDC, Room
1064, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782; telephone (301)
436-8500.
Disclaimer
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