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Step by Step Instructions to Extract Coded Information from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)

Step by Step Instructions to Extract Coded Information from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)

Step by Step Instructions to Extract Coded Information from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)

Patricia Cerrito

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2008
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Ciencia: cuestiones generales
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9781435708631
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Gives SAS code and instructions to preprocess data for analysis of the National Inpatient Sample. It includes extracting subsamples filtered by diagnosis and procedure codes, and combining datasets to compare patient outcomes to hospitals. The book also discusses case matching. The SAS code can be downloaded from lulu.com.

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