05 NIS 2002-2011 Hospital Volume and Mortality

Jordan A. Kempker, MD, MSc August 4, 2016 NIS 2002-2011 Hospital-Level Variables This Code will create the below hospital-level variables for the entire dataset and then merge these statistics back into each observation. hosp_volNumber of Annual Hospital Discharges hospmortAnnual Hospital In-Hospital Mortality Rate Average Annual Hospital Elixhauser Score Of note, this code was first tested on a random 5% sample stratified by year before applying to entire dataset. Below, is the pared down functional version that resulted but does not contain any of the internal tests.