| DHOUR - Discharge hour |
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| General Notes |
| Uniform Values |
| State Specific Notes |
| General Notes |
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Discharge hour (DHOUR) is coded in military time (e.g., 2:45 p.m. is represented as 1445). Invalid times are set to invalid (.). No other edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing. |
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| State Specific Notes |
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Kansas Kansas provided the hour of discharge, but not the minutes. During HCUP data processing, the minutes were imputed to be "00". Nebraska Prior to 2004, Nebraska provided the hour of discharge, but not the minutes. During HCUP data processing, the minutes were imputed to be "00". New York New York source values are 00-23 and 99. During HCUP processing, minutes are set to 00 and the source value 99 is set to missing. |
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| Internet Citation: HCUP Central Distributor SEDD Description of Data Elements - All States. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). October 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/sedddistnote.jsp?var=dhour. |
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