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AZ Arizona Department of Health Services

No restrictions

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CA Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

No restrictions

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CO Colorado Health & Hospital Association

No restrictions

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CT CHIME, Inc.

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> CHIME requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID. The
> following variables are set to missing for all Connecticut hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

> To further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals in Connecticut, the
> only stand-alone community children's hospital in Connecticut was
> dropped from the database. Bed size for two unique hospitals was
> changed to mask their identity. The National Association of Children's
> Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) hospital type (NACHTYPE)
> was set to missing for four hospitals.

Confidentiality of Records

> CHIME requested the following variables be set to missing:

-   AGEDAY: Age in days at admission (if \< 1 year old)

-   AGEMONTH: Age in months at admission (if \< 11 years old)

-   AMONTH: Admission month

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FL Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

Confidentiality of Records

> Florida requested the following variables be set to missing:

-   AGEDAY: Age in days at admission (if \< 1 year old)

-   AGEMONTH: Age in months at admission (if \< 11 years old)

-   AMONTH: Admission month

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GA GHA: An Association of Hospitals & Health Systems

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> The sample of Georgia hospitals included in the KID may not be
> representative of Georgia hospitals overall because some Georgia
> hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame to meet confidentiality
> requirements stipulated by GHA.

-   Hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame whenever there were
    fewer than two hospitals in sampling stratum. In the 2000 KID, 4 out
    of 148 hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame.

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-   The only freestanding children's hospital in Georgia as defined by
    the American Hospital Association (AHA) or National Association of
    Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) was excluded
    from the database.

-   No more than 60% of Georgia hospitals were allowed to be included in
    the KID.

> Georgia requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID. The
> following variables are set to missing for all Georgia hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

> In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals,
> stratifier variables were set to missing if the cell, as defined by

-   HOSP_CONTROL, control/ownership of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCATION, location (urban/rural) of hospital

-   HOSP_TEACH, teaching status of hospital

-   HOSP_BEDSIZE, bedsize of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCTEACH, location/teaching status of hospital

-   NACHTYPE, National Association of Children's Hospital and Related
    Institutions (NACHRI) hospital type

> had fewer than two hospitals in the universe of Georgia hospitals.
>
> In addition, the following variables in the Hospital Weights file were
> set to missing for all hospitals in Georgia:

-   NACHTYPE, NACHRI hospital type

-   TOTAL_DISC, total number of discharges in the hospital

-   PEDS_DISC, number of discharges, 20 years old or younger, in the
    hospital

-   PEDS_PCT, percent of hospital discharges that are 20 years old or
    younger

Confidentiality of Records

> Georgia requested that the following variable be set to missing:

-   RACE, race

Confidentiality of Physicians

> Georgia requested that the following variables be set to missing:

-   MDID_S, synthetic attending physician number and

-   SURGID_S, synthetic primary surgeon number, ethnicity

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HI Hawaii Health Information Corporation

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> The sample of Hawaii hospitals included in the KID may not be
> representative of Hawaii hospitals overall because some Hawaii
> hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame to meet confidentiality
> requirements. Hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame whenever
> there were fewer than two hospitals in the sampling stratum.

-   In the 2000 KID, 5 out of 17 hospitals were dropped from the
    sampling frame.

> Hawaii requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID database.
> The following variables are set to missing for all Hawaii hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier
variables were set to missing if the cell, as defined by

-   HOSP_CONTROL, control/ownership of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCATION, location (urban/rural) of hospital

-   HOSP_TEACH, teaching status of hospital

-   HOSP_BEDSIZE, bedsize of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCTEACH, location/teaching status of hospital

-   NACHTYPE, NACHRI hospital type

> had fewer than two hospitals in the universe of Hawaii hospitals.

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IA Iowa Hospital Association

No restrictions

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KS Kansas Hospital Association

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> Kansas requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID. The
> following variables are set to missing for all Kansas hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

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KY Kentucky Department of Public Health

No restrictions

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MA Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

Confidentiality of Physicians

> Massachusetts requested the following variables be set to missing:

-   MDID_S, synthetic attending physician number and

-   SURGID_S, synthetic primary surgeon number.

Confidentiality of Records

> Massachusetts requested the following variables be set to missing:

-   AGEDAY: Age in days at admission (if \<1 year)

-   AGEMONTH: Age in months at admission (if \< 11 years old)

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MD Health Services Cost Review Commission

No restrictions

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ME Maine Health Data Organization

No restrictions

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MO Hospital Industry Data Institute

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> The sample of Missouri hospitals included in the KID may not be
> representative of Missouri hospitals overall because some Missouri
> hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame. Hospitals were dropped
> from the sampling frame if they did not give their permission to be
> included.

-   In the 2000 KID, 33 out of 105 hospitals were dropped from the
    sampling frame because they did not give permission to be included.

> Missouri requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID. The
> following variables are set to missing for all Missouri hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

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NC North Carolina Department of Health and Human

> Services

Confidentiality of Physicians

> North Carolina requested the following variables be set to missing:

-   MDID_S, synthetic attending physician number and

-   SURGID_S, synthetic primary surgeon number.

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NJ New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services

No restrictions

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NY New York State Department of Health

No restrictions

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OR Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems

No restrictions

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PA Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

Confidentiality of Records

Pennsylvania requested that patient age (AGE) be set to the midpoint of
5-year intervals for records in the KID with the following sensitive
conditions: abortion, AIDS, mental illness, substance abuse and venereal
disease. For cases with age in days (AGEDAY) greater than or equal to 0,
AGEDAY will be set to missing. For cases with age in months (AGEMONTH)
greater than or equal to 0, AGEMONTH will be set to missing. These
sensitive conditions are defined by DRG, diagnoses, or procedure codes
as specified below:

+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Pennsylvania     |          |                   |                   |
| Restriction on   |          |                   |                   |
| AGE for Records  |          |                   |                   |
|                  |          |                   |                   |
| with Sensitive   |          |                   |                   |
| Conditions       |          |                   |                   |
+==================+==========+===================+===================+
| ###              | DRGs or  | Diagnoses or      | Procedures        |
| ###### Condition |          |                   |                   |
+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Abortion         | 380-381  | 635-6399, V617    | 6901-6902,        |
|                  |          |                   | 6951-6959, 7491,  |
|                  |          |                   | 750               |
+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| AIDS/HIV         | 488-490  | 042, 79571, V08   | N/A               |
|                  |          |                   |                   |
|                  |          | V6544             |                   |
+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Mental Illness   | 424-432  | 290-3029,         | 9421-9429,        |
|                  |          | 306-319,          | 9431-9439,        |
|                  |          | E950-E9590,       | 9441-9444,        |
|                  |          | E980-E9899,       | 9451-9452, 9459   |
|                  |          | V110-V119, V790,  |                   |
|                  |          | V798, V799        |                   |
+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Substance Abuse  | 433-437  | 303-30593, 9800   | 9445-9446,        |
|                  |          |                   | 9453-9454,        |
|                  |          | V6542, V791       | 9461-9469         |
+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+
| Venereal Disease | N/A      | 0900-0999, V027,  | N/A               |
|                  |          |                   |                   |
|                  |          | V028              |                   |
+------------------+----------+-------------------+-------------------+

Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

> Publishing Disclaimer Requirement
>
> The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council requires that
> the following three paragraphs are listed in any publication that
> includes results derived from Pennsylvania data:
>
> The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is an
> independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of
> escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and
> increasing access to health care for all citizens regardless of
> ability to pay. PHC4 has provided data to this entity in an effort to
> further PHC4\'s mission of educating the public and containing health
> care costs in Pennsylvania.\
> \
>         PHC4, its agents and staff, have made no representation,
> guarantee, or warranty, express or implied, that the data: financial,
> patient, payor, and physician specific information provided to this
> entity, are error-free, or that the use of the data will avoid
> differences of opinion or interpretation.\
> \
>     This analysis was not prepared by PHC4. This analysis was done by
> \[Entity Name\]. PHC4, its agents and staff, bear no responsibility or
> liability for the results of the analysis, which are solely the
> opinion of this entity.

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SC South Carolina State Budget & Control Board

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> The sample of South Carolina hospitals included in the KID may not be
> representative of South Carolina hospitals overall because some South
> Carolina hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame to meet
> confidentiality requirements. Hospitals were dropped from the sampling
> frame whenever there were fewer than two hospitals in sampling
> stratum.

-   In the 2000 KID, 9 out of 60 hospitals were dropped from the
    sampling frame in order to protect the confidentiality of the
    hospitals.

> South Carolina requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID
> database. The following variables are set to missing for all South
> Carolina hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier
variables were set to missing if the cell, as defined by

-   HOSP_CONTROL, control/ownership of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCATION, location (urban/rural) of hospital

-   HOSP_TEACH, teaching status of hospital

-   HOSP_BEDSIZE, bedsize of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCTEACH, location/teaching status of hospital

-   NACHTYPE, NACHRI hospital type

> had fewer than two hospitals in the universe of South Carolina
> hospitals.

Confidentiality of Records

> South Carolina requested that the following variables be set to
> missing:

-   AGEDAY, age in days at admission (if \<1 year)

    -   AGEMONTH: Age in months at admission (if \< 11 years old)

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TN Tennessee Hospital Association

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> The sample of Tennessee hospitals included in the KID may not be
> representative of Tennessee hospitals overall because some Tennessee
> hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame to meet confidentiality
> requirements. Hospitals were dropped from the sampling frame whenever
> there were fewer than two hospitals in sampling stratum.

-   In the 2000 KID, 2 out of 108 hospitals were dropped from the
    sampling frame.

> Tennessee requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID
> database. The following variables are set to missing for all Tennessee
> hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

In order to further ensure the confidentiality of hospitals, stratifier
variables were set to missing if the cell, as defined by

-   HOSP_CONTROL, control/ownership of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCATION, location (urban/rural) of hospital

-   HOSP_TEACH, teaching status of hospital

-   HOSP_BEDSIZE, bedsize of hospital

-   HOSP_LOCTEACH, location/teaching status of hospital

-   NACHTYPE, NACHRI hospital type

> had fewer than two hospitals in the universe of Tennessee hospitals.

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TX Texas Health Care Information Council

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> Texas requested that hospitals not be identified in the KID database.
> The following variables are set to missing for all Texas hospitals:

-   DSHOSPID, data source hospital identifier

-   HOSPSTCO, hospital state, county FIPS code

-   IDNUMBER, AHA hospital identifier without leading 6

-   AHAID, AHA hospital identifier with leading 6

-   HOSPNAME, hospital name

-   HOSPCITY, hospital city

-   HOSPADDR, hospital address

-   HOSPZIP, hospital zip code

Confidentiality of Records

-   Texas requested that AGEDAY, age in days at admission (if \< 1 year
    old), be set to missing.

-   Texas requested that AGEMONTH, age in months at admission (if \< 11
    years old), be set to missing.

-   Texas requested that AGE, age in years, be set to the midpoints of
    age ranges defined by THCIC for the general patient population, and
    to missing for HIV or alcohol/drug abuse patients. There are 6 age
    groups for the general patient population. The age groups are shown
    below:

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Texas Restriction on AGE for General 
  Patient Population other than HIV or 
  Drug/Alcohol Use Patients            
  ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------
  Age Range                            New value of AGE

  0                                    0

  1-4                                  2

  5-9                                  7

  10-14                                12

  15-17                                16

  18-20                                19
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| Texas Restriction on AGE for       |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| HIV or Drug/Alcohol Use Patients   |                                 |
+====================================+=================================+
| Age Range                          | New value of AGE                |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| 0-20                               | Missing                         |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
| The HIV or drug/alcohol use        |                                 |
| patients are identified by any     |                                 |
| principal or secondary diagnosis   |                                 |
| code on the record having the      |                                 |
| first four characters equal to one |                                 |
| of the values in the following     |                                 |
| list: \'2910\', \'2911\',          |                                 |
| \'2912\', \'2913\', \'2914\',      |                                 |
| \'2915\', \'2918\', \'2919\',      |                                 |
| '2920\', \'2921\', \'2922\',       |                                 |
| \'2928\', \'2929\', \'3030\',      |                                 |
| \'3039\', \'3040\', \'3041\',      |                                 |
| \'3042\', \'3043\', \'3044\',      |                                 |
| \'3045\', \'3046\', \'3047\',      |                                 |
| \'3048\',\'3049\', \'3050\',       |                                 |
| \'3052\', \'3053\', \'3054\',      |                                 |
| \'3055\', \'3056\', \'3057\',      |                                 |
| \'3058\', \'3059\', '7903\', and   |                                 |
| \'042 \'.                          |                                 |
+------------------------------------+---------------------------------+

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UT Utah Department of Health

Confidentiality of Physicians

> Utah requested the following variables be set to missing:

-   MDID_S, synthetic attending physician number and

-   SURGID_S, synthetic primary surgeon number.

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VA Virginia Health Information

Confidentiality of Hospitals

> The KID may not include more than 50% of the hospitals in Virginia.

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WA Washington State Department of Health

No restrictions

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WI Wisconsin Dept of Health & Family Services

No restrictions

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WV West Virginia Health Care Authority

No restrictions