California Public Patient Discharge Data, January - December, 1999 (M1309)

The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) collects inpatient data from licensed hospitals in california. The dataset consist of a record for each inpatient discharged from a California licensed hospital, including general acute care, acute psychiatric, chemical dependency recovery, and psychiatric health facilities. Items recorded include type of care, demographics (some items are masked to protect privacy and confidentiality), admission details, length of stay, source(s) of payment, diagnosis, conditions and procedures. Because of the amount of data, the data is divided into three separate files; Los Angeles County, Southern California, Northern California.

加州全州卫生规划与发展办公室（California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, OSHPD）收集加州境内持牌医院的住院患者数据。该数据集为每一位从加州持牌医院出院的住院患者生成一条记录，覆盖普通急性护理、急性精神科、药物依赖康复及精神卫生等各类医疗机构。记录项包括护理类型、人口统计学信息（部分条目已做脱敏处理以保护隐私与机密性）、入院详情、住院时长、付费来源、诊断结果、病症及诊疗操作。由于数据总量较大，该数据集被拆分为三个独立文件，分别对应洛杉矶县、南加州与北加州区域。