KID Database Documentation

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border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left" valign="top"><div class="texttitle">Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)</div><br><div class="pagetext">Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) is the only all-payer pediatric inpatient care database in the United States, containing data from two to three million hospital stays. Its large sample size is ideal for developing national and regional estimates and enables analyses of rare conditions, such as congenital anomalies, as well as uncommon treatments, such as organ transplantation. The following links provide detailed documentation for the KID. </div> </td> </tr> <tr><td> </td></tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top" class="pagetext"> <strong>Description of KID Files</strong> <ul> <li>Introduction to the KID</li> <ul> <li>2009 (<a href="KID_2009_Introduction.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 795 KB; <a href="kid_2009_introduction.jsp">HTML</a>)</li>  <li><a href="kidarchive.jsp">Prior Years</a></li> </ul> <li>HCUP Quality Control Procedures (<a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/quality.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 288 KB; <a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/quality.jsp">HTML</a>)</li>  <li><a href="kidfilespecs.jsp">File Specifications</a></li> </ul> <strong>Restrictions on the Use of the KID</strong> <ul> <li>Data Use Agreement for the Nationwide Databases (<a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/team/HCUP_Nationwide_DUA_051614.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 55 KB; <a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/team/NationwideDUA.jsp">HTML</a>) </li> <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/publishing.jsp">Requirements for Publishing with HCUP Data</a></li> <li><a href="kidarchive.jsp">Sources of KID Data and State-Specific Restrictions for Prior Years</a></li> </ul> <strong>Load Programs</strong> <ul> <li><a href="kidsasloadprog.jsp">SAS Load Programs</a></li> <li><a href="kidspssloadprog.jsp">SPSS Load Programs</a></li> <li><a href="kidstataloadprog.jsp">Stata Load Programs</a></li> </ul> <strong>KID Data Elements</strong> <ul> <li><a href="kiddde.jsp">Description of Data Elements</a></li> <ul> <li><a href="kidarchive.jsp">Prior Years</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="Availability_of_KID_Data_Elements_2009.pdf" target="_blank">Availability of KID Data Elements by Year</a> (PDF file, 65 KB)</li>  </ul> <strong>Additional Resources for KID Data Elements</strong> <ul> <li><a href="kidsummarystats.jsp">Summary Statistics</a></li> <li>KID Severity Measures</li> <ul> <li>Overview of Severity Measures (<a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/OverviewofSeveritySystems.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 60 KB; <a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/severity_overview.jsp">HTML</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/grp031_aprdrg_meth_ovrview.pdf" target="_blank">APR-DRGs Methodology Overview Version 31</a> (PDF file, 341 KB)</li> </ul> <li>HCUP Coding Practices (<a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/coding.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 16 KB; <a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/coding.jsp">HTML</a>)</li> <li>HCUP Hospital Identifiers (<a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/maphosp.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> file, 82 KB; <a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/maphosp.jsp">HTML</a>)</li> </ul> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top" class="pagetext"> <strong>Known Data Issues</strong> <ul> <li><a href="corrections2003.jsp">2003</a></li> </ul> <strong>HCUP Tools: Labels and Formats</strong> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccs/ccs.jsp">Clinical Classifications Software (CCS)</a></li> <li>Format Programs</li> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/tools/DRG_Formats.TXT" target="_blank">DRG Formats Program</a> (TXT file, 1.3 MB) <em>Creates SAS formats to label the values of each DRG and MDC category</em></li>  <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/tools/HCUP_Formats.txt" target="_blank">HCUP Formats Program</a> (TXT file, 67 KB) <em>Creates SAS formats to label the values of selected categorical data elements in HCUP files</em></li>  <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/tools/Dx_Pr_Grps_Formats.txt" target="_blank">HCUP Diagnosis and Procedure Groups Formats Program</a> (TXT file, 45 KB) <em> Creates SAS formats to label the values of HCUP Diagnosis and Procedure Groups data elements, including Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) data elements</em></li>  <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/tools/I9_Formats.TXT" target="_blank">ICD-9-CM Formats Program</a> (TXT file, 910 KB) <em>Creates SAS formats to label the values of ICD-9-CM Diagnoses and Procedures</em></li>  <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/tools/Severity_Formats.txt" target="_blank">Severity Formats Program</a> (TXT file, 685 KB) <em>Creates SAS formats to label the values of data elements in HCUP Severity Files</em></li>  </ul> </ul> <strong>KID Related Reports and Supplemental Files</strong> <ul> <li><a href="kidrelatedreports.jsp">KID Related Reports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/costtocharge.jsp">Cost-to-Charge Ratio Files</a></li>  <li><a href="kidtrends.jsp">KID Trends File</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140717085612/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/hms/hms.jsp">Hospital Market Structure (HMS) Files </a></li>  </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <hr width="75%" align="center" class="hrruleblue"> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" class="citationtext"> Internet Citation: HCUP KID Database Documentation. 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