_dta: 1. dbo_vwhqi_hosp_mortality_readm_xwlk set up by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 16 Nov 2016 2. Source Database File: Hospital.mdb 3. Source Page: https://data.medicare.gov/data/archives/hospital-compare 4. Source File URL: medicare.gov/download/HospitalCompare/2012/April/HOSArchive_20120401.zip obs: 27,984 vars: 12 16 Nov 2016 06:19 size: 5,121,072 (_dta has notes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- provider str6 %9s Provider Number hospname str71 %71s Hospital Name state str2 %9s State condition str13 %13s Condition measurename str37 %37s Measure Name mortality_readmrate str4 %9s Mortality_Readm Rate morreadn str36 %36s Comparison to National Rate morreadl str4 %9s Lower Mortality_Readm Estimate morreadu str4 %9s Upper Mortality_Readm Estimate patnum str4 %9s Number of Patients footnote str1 %9s Footnote footnote1 str1 %9s Footnote 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: provider