opened on:  16 Nov 2016, 00:55:33

_dta:
  1.  vwhqi_readm_reduction 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/2015/July/HOSArchive_20150716.zip

> n.dta
  obs:        16,795                          
 vars:            14                          16 Nov 2016 00:55
 size:     2,922,330                          (_dta has notes)
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              storage   display    value
variable name   type    format     label      variable label
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provider        str6    %9s                   Provider Number
hospname        str50   %50s                  Hospital Name
measurename     str22   %22s                  Measure Name
state           str2    %9s                   State
disnum          str13   %13s                  Number of Discharges
footnote        byte    %8.0g                 Footnote
readratexc      str13   %13s                  Excess Readmission Ratio
readratp        str13   %13s                  Predicted Readmission Rate
readratexp      str13   %13s                  Expected Readmission Rate
enddate         int     %td                   End Date
enddatetime     str10   %10s                  End Date
readnum         str17   %17s                  Number of Readmissions
startdate       int     %td                   Start Date
startdatetime   str10   %10s                  Start Date
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Sorted by: provider